Brown adipose tissue 18F-FDG uptake in pediatric PET/CT imaging

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 759-768

  Hong, Terence S ^a   Shammas, Amer ^a   Charron, Martin ^a   Zukotynski, Katherine A ^b   Drubach, Laura A ^c   Lim, Ruth ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Children; False positives; FDG uptake; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959954940     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1925-y     Document Type: Article

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