Metabolic activity of the tongue in obstructive sleep apnea: A novel application of FDG positron emission tomography imaging

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1416-1425

  Kim, Andrew M ^a   Keenan, Brendan T ^a   Jackson, Nicholas ^a   Chan, Eugenia L ^a   Staley, Bethany ^a   Torigian, Drew A ^b   Alavi, Abass ^b   Schwab, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

FDG PET; Genioglossus; Masseter; MRI; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOFT TISSUE; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONGUE;

EID: 84901803706     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201310-1753OC     Document Type: Article

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