| Literature DB >> 26050942 |
Sandip Basu1, Søren Hess2, Poul-Erik Nielsen Braad3, Birgitte Brinkmann Olsen3, Signe Inglev3, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen3.
Abstract
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with 2-[(18)F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) forms the basis of molecular imaging. FDG-PET imaging is a multidisciplinary undertaking that requires close interdisciplinary collaboration in a broad team comprising physicians, technologists, secretaries, radio-chemists, hospital physicists, molecular biologists, engineers, and cyclotron technicians. The aim of this review is to provide a brief overview of important basic issues and considerations pivotal to successful patient examinations, including basic physics, instrumentation, radiochemistry, molecular and cell biology, patient preparation, normal distribution of tracer, and potential interpretive pitfalls.Entities:
Keywords: FDG; Fluorodeoxyglucose; History; Instrumentation; PET/CT; Physics; Positron emission tomography/computed tomography; Radiochemistry
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Year: 2014 PMID: 26050942 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2014.07.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PET Clin ISSN: 1556-8598