Fused FDG-PET and MRI imaging of Takayasu arteritis in vertebral arteries

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 753-756

  Bartels, Anna L ^a   Zeebregts, Clark J ^a   Bijl, Marc ^a   Tio, René A ^a   Slart, Riemer H J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FDG; MRI; PET; Takayasu arteritis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350183777     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-009-0290-0     Document Type: Article

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