Imaging infection and inflammation in children with 18F-FDG PET and 18F-FDG PET/CT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-182

  Servaes, Sabah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose; Infection; Inflammation; Pediatrics; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PEDIATRICS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 82855177811     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.111.088385     Document Type: Article

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