Open AccessPET/computed tomography shows association between subjective pain in knee joints and fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake
Author(s) -
Toshihiko Kamasaki,
Keisuke Mori,
Yasuyuki Taira,
Makiko Orita,
Izumi Miyamoto,
Toshiya Usui,
Kenya Chiba,
Takashi Kudo,
Noboru Takamura
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nuclear medicine communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.489
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1473-5628
pISSN - 0143-3636
DOI - 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001143
Subject(s) - medicine , knee pain , standardized uptake value , fluorodeoxyglucose , physical therapy , knee joint , computed tomography , nuclear medicine , radiology , surgery , osteoarthritis , pathology , alternative medicine
The aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG)-PET/computed tomography (CT) in screening for musculoskeletal inflammation and injury in the knee region.