Time-to-time correlation of high-risk atherosclerotic lesions identified with [18F]-FDG-PET/CT

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Wassélius, Johan ^a   Larsson, Stig ^a   Jacobsson, Hans ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Nuclear medicine; Radiology

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IOVERSOL;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60349109797     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-008-0207-3     Document Type: Article

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