Delayed 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT imaging improves quantitation of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation: Results from the CAMONA study

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 588-597

  Blomberg, Björn A ^a,b   Thomassen, Anders ^a   Takx, Richard A P ^b   Hildebrandt, Malene G ^a   Simonsen, Jane A ^a   Buch Olsen, Karen M ^a   Diederichsen, Axel C P ^a   Mickley, Hans ^a   Alavi, Abass ^c   Høilund Carlsen, Poul F ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; PET CT; vascular inflammation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULITIS; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84901687726     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-014-9884-6     Document Type: Article

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