New insight of molecular imaging into the atheroma biology: 18F-fluoride pet/ct and 18F-fdg pet/ct of 3 carotid plaques in a symptomatic neurologic patient

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 451-452

  Quirce, Remedios ^a   Banzo, Ignacio ^a   Martínez Rodríguez, Isabel ^a   Jiménez Bonilla, Julio F ^a   Rebollo, Mariano ^b   Rubio Vassallo, Adriana ^a   Carril, José M ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

18F FDG; 18F sodium fluoride; Atherosclerosis; Carotid; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROGENESIS; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PERFUSION; SHORT SURVEY; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; WEAKNESS;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STROKE;

EID: 84877607175     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182816280     Document Type: Short Survey

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