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Functional Imaging of Brown Fat in Mice with 18F-FDG micro-PET/CT
Published on: November 23, 2012
Patterns of brown fat uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan
Dhritiman Chakraborty1, Anish Bhattacharya2, Bhagwant Rai Mittal2
1Department of Nuclear and Experimental Medical Sciences, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Abstract:
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has become the common imaging modality in oncological practice. FDG uptake is seen in brown adipose tissue in a significant number of patients. Recognizing the uptake patterns is important for optimal FDG PET interpretation. The introduction of PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) revolutionized PET imaging, bringing much-needed anatomical information. Careful review and correlation of FDG PET images with anatomical imaging should be performed to characterize accurately any lesion having high FDG uptake.
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