Prevalence and pattern of brown adipose tissue distribution of 18F-FDG in patients undergoing PET-CT in a subtropical climatic zone

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-174

  Perkins, Alan C ^a   Mshelia, Dahiru S ^c   Symonds, Michael E ^b   Sathekge, Mike ^c  

^a NIHR NOTTINGHAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

18F FDG imaging; brown adipose tissue; brown fat; PET imaging; subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILD; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPIC CLIMATE; VERTEBRA; WINTER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871598846     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32835bbbf0     Document Type: Article

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