| Literature DB >> 21292507 |
Tobias Schroeder1, Marcos F Vidal Melo, Jose G Venegas.
Abstract
Dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the lung using the radiotracer 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) is an emerging method to assess noninvasively the metabolic activity of pulmonary inflammatory cells. Nevertheless, because of the distinct functional and structural characteristics of inflamed lung tissue standard methods of (18)F-FDG analysis can be substantially limited and there is no consensus about the best method for quantification of the (18)F-FDG signal for acute or chronic inflammatory lung diseases. This article gives an overview on recent advances in quantitative analysis of (18)F-FDG uptake kinetics in non-neoplastic inflamed lung tissue.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21292507 PMCID: PMC3114040 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.11.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acad Radiol ISSN: 1076-6332 Impact factor: 3.173