Imaging cold-activated brown adipose tissue using dynamic T2*-Weighted magnetic resonance imaging and 2-deoxy-2-[ 18F]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 708-714

  Van Rooijen, Bart D ^a   Van Der Lans, Anouk A J J ^b   Brans, Boudewijn ^a   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a   Mottaghy, Felix M ^a,c   Schrauwen, Patrick ^b   Backes, Walter H ^a   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; magnetic resonance imaging; positron emission tomography; thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBESITY; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883754180     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31829363b8     Document Type: Article

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