Assessment of aortitis by semiquantitative analysis of 180-min 18F-FDG PET/CT acquisition images

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2319-2324

  Martínez Rodríguez, Isabel ^a   Martinez Amador N ^a   Banzo, I ^a   Quirce, R ^a   Jimenez Bonilla J ^a   De Arcocha Torres, M ^a   Ibanez Bravo S ^a   Lavado Perez C ^a   Bravo Ferrer, Z ^a   Blanco, R ^a   Gonzalez Gay M A ^a   Carril, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Aortitis; Giant cell arteritis; Large vessel vasculitis; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AORTITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84938525248     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-014-2863-y     Document Type: Article

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