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Analysis of 18FDG PET/CT Imaging as a Tool for Studying Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Treatment in Non-human Primates
Published on: September 5, 2017
Xia Bai1, Xiangcheng Wang, Hongming Zhuang
1From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China; and †Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Abstract:
FDG PET/CT imaging guidelines require avoiding exercise 24 hours before FDG administration. We report here a case of intense skeletal muscle FDG activity in a 15-year-old adolescent boy who had vigorous exercise 4 days before undertaking FDG PET/CT scan.
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