Evaluation and comparison of 11C-choline uptake and calcification in aortic and common carotid arterial walls with combined PET/CT

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1622-1628

  Kato, Katsuhiko ^a,b,c   Schober, Otmar ^a   Ikeda, Mitsuru ^c   Schäfers, Michael ^a   Ishigaki, Takeo ^b   Kies, Peter ^a   Naganawa, Shinji ^b   Stegger, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11C choline; Atherosclerosis; Calcification; Computed tomography; Inflammation; PET; PET CT; Plaque; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE C 11; FLUOROCHOLINE F 18; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; CHOLINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350561707     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1152-7     Document Type: Article

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