Thermal control of brown adipose tissue in 18F-FDG PET

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-103

  Skillen, Annah ^a,b   Currie, Geoffrey M ^a,c   Wheat, Janelle M ^a,c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; BAT; Hypermetabolic brown adipose tissue; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865958500     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.111.098780     Document Type: Article

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