Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound: A Novel Noninvasive, Nonionizing Method for the Detection of Brown Adipose Tissue in Humans

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1247-1254

  Flynn, Aidan ^a,d   Li, Qian ^a   Panagia, Marcello ^a   Abdelbaky, Amr ^a   Macnabb, Megan ^a   Samir, Anthony ^a   Cypess, Aaron M ^b,c   Weyman, Arthur E ^a   Tawakol, Ahmed ^a   Scherrer Crosbie, Marielle ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Brown adipose tissue; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PERFLUTREN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONIONIZING IMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PET-CT SCANNER; SOUND INTENSITY; STANDARDIZED UPTAKE VALUE; SUPRACLAVICULAR SPACE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944172239     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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