FDG-Positron Emission Tomography

Known as: FDG-PET, FDG-PET Scan, FDGPET 
An imaging technique that utilizes positron emission tomography to produce a three-dimensional image of functional processes in the body. The system… (More)
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2017
2017
18F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography in infective endocarditis.
BACKGROUND The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE), especially the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is… (More)
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2010
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2010
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography predicts survival of patients with neuroendocrine tumors.
PURPOSE (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is currently not used on a routine basis for imaging of… (More)
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2009
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2009
Metabolic tumor volume of [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography predicts short-term outcome to radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy in pharyngeal cancer.
PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate whether metabolic tumor volume (MTV) measured from [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron… (More)
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2008
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2008
FDG-PET changes in brain glucose metabolism from normal cognition to pathologically verified Alzheimer’s disease
We report the first clinicopathological series of longitudinal FDG-PET scans in post-mortem (PM) verified cognitively normal… (More)
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2006
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2006
Evaluation of thoracic tumors with 18F-fluorothymidine and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.
STUDY OBJECTIVES 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is the most widely used positron emission tomography (PET) imaging probe used for… (More)
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2005
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2005
Noninvasive in vivo measurement of vascular inflammation with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
BACKGROUND Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been shown to accumulate in inflamed tissues. However, it is not known… (More)
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2005
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2005
Repetitive 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in isolated polymyalgia rheumatica: a prospective study in 35 patients.
OBJECTIVE To study fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) deposition in different vascular beds and in the large joints of patients with… (More)
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2003
2003
F-18 FDG positron emission tomography and benign fractures.
PURPOSE F-18 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been used extensively in the imaging of… (More)
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Rapid detection of human infections with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission tomography: preliminary results
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of 2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) and positron emission… (More)
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1995
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1995
Comparison of low-dose dobutamine-gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose in patients with chronic coronary artery disease. A functional…
BACKGROUND There have been conflicting reports of whether substantial myocardial thinning alone as an indirect sign of myocardial… (More)
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