Combining 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine SPECT/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT for the assessment of brown adipose tissue activity in humans during cold exposure

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-212

  Admiraal, Wanda M ^a   Holleman, Frits ^a   Bahler, Lonneke ^a   Soeters, Maarten R ^a   Hoekstra, Joost B ^a   Verberne, Hein J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

123I MIBG; 18F FDG; Brown adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; (3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873545834     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.111849     Document Type: Article

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