Pediatric FDG PET/CT: physiologic uptake, normal variants, and benign conditions

A Shammas, R Lim, M Charron - Radiographics, 2009 - pubs.rsna.org
Positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG) is
increasingly being used in the evaluation of pediatric oncology patients. However, the …

FDG-PET/CT in skeletal muscle: pitfalls and pathologies

GK Parida, SG Roy, R Kumar - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
FDG-PET/CT is an integral part of modern-day practice of medicine. By detecting increased
cellular metabolism, FDG-PET/CT can help us detect infection, inflammatory disorders, or …

Clinical values of FDG PET in polymyositis and dermatomyositis syndromes: imaging of skeletal muscle inflammation

M Tateyama, K Fujihara, T Misu, A Arai, T Kaneta… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET), a standard
tool for evaluating malignancies, can also detect inflammatory lesions. However, its …

Detection of inflammatory lesions by f-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis

T Owada, R Maezawa, K Kurasawa, H Okada… - The Journal of …, 2012 - jrheum.org
Objective. To evaluate the usefulness of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (FDG-PET) imaging in the management of patients with inflammatory myopathy …

Respiratory muscle metabolic activity on PET/CT correlates with obstructive ventilatory defect severity and prognosis in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery

K El Husseini, JM Baste, AC Bouyeure‐Petit… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective Respiratory muscle activity is increased in patients with
chronic respiratory disease. 18F‐FDG‐PET/CT can assess respiratory muscle activity. We …

Differential contributions of ankle plantarflexors during submaximal isometric muscle action: a PET and EMG study

T Masood, J Bojsen-Møller, KK Kalliokoski… - … of electromyography and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the relative contributions of superficial and
deep ankle plantarflexors during repetitive submaximal isometric contractions using surface …

[HTML][HTML] Brain and muscle metabolic changes by FDG-PET in stiff person syndrome spectrum disorders

Y Wang, MS Sadaghiani, F Tian, KC Fitzgerald… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: To report clinical characteristics and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (FDG-PET) findings in the brain and muscles of individuals with stiff person …

[HTML][HTML] 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis: correlation with serum muscle enzymes

H Arai-Okuda, T Norikane, Y Yamamoto… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Muscle enzymes are the major noninvasive diagnostic parameters useful in
polymyositis/dermatomyositis (PM/DM). Few studies have yet correlated findings on 18 F …

Atlas of confounding factors in head and neck PET/CT imaging

P Bhargava, S Rahman, J Wendt - Clinical nuclear medicine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: Interpretation of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
studies in the head and neck region is challenging due to the complex anatomy and …

PET/CT normal variants and pitfalls in pediatric disorders

A Agrawal, S Shah, G Gnanasegaran, S Rajkotia… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
18F-Fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission computed tomography (18F-FDG PET CT) is an
established modality used mainly in oncology. Though it has widespread oncologic …