Experience of dual time point brain F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging in patients with infectious disease

Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Kim, Dae Weung ^a   Kim, Chang Guhn ^a   Park, Soon Ah ^a   Jung, Sang Ah ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral sparganosis; Dual time point imaging; F 18 FDG PET CT; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SPARGANOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DUAL TIME POINT IMAGING; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARGANOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 79952748271     PISSN: 18693474     EISSN: 18693482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13139-010-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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