PET assessment of brown fat

PET Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-375

  Donswijk, Maarten L ^a   Broekhuizen De Gast, Henny S ^a   Torigian, Drew A ^b   Alavi, Abass ^b   Kwee, Thomas C ^a   Lam, Marnix G E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Brown fat; Fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COLD EXPOSURE; DIET; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79960332414     PISSN: 15568598     EISSN: 18799809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2011.04.005     Document Type: Review

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