Determinants of physiologic 18F-FDG uptake in brown adipose tissue in sequential PET/CT examinations

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1029-1035

  Pace, Leonardo ^a,b   Nicolai, Emanuele ^c   D'Amico, Domenico ^c   Ibello, Francesco ^c   Morte, Anna Maria Della ^c   Salvatore, Barbara ^c   Pizzuti, Laura Micol ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a   Soricelli, Andrea ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Brown adipose tissue; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855680761     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0431-9     Document Type: Article

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