Effective reduction of brown fat FDG uptake by controlling environmental temperature prior to PET scan: An expanded case series

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 652-656

  Garcia, Carlos ^a   Bandaru, Varalakshmi ^a   Van Nostrand, Douglas ^a   Chennupati, Shyam ^a   Atkins, Frank ^a   Acio, Elmo ^a   Kulkarni, Kanchan ^a   Majd, Massoud ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 deoxy 2 F 18 fluoro d glucose; Brown fat; Environmental temperature; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650512961     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0298-9     Document Type: Article

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