Brain: Normal variations and benign findings in fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/ computed tomography imaging

PET Clinics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-140

  Berti, Valentina ^a   Mosconi, Lisa ^b   Pupi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET; Aging brain; Artifacts; Medications effect; Normal brain; Normal variants

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; GENDER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; AGING; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS;

AGING; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898598599     PISSN: 15568598     EISSN: 18799809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2013.10.006     Document Type: Review

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