Open AccessMyocardial uptake of F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in whole body positron emission tomography studies
Author(s) -
Babita Tiwari,
Purushottam Kand
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.110678
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , standardized uptake value , fluorodeoxyglucose , positron emission tomography
The objective of this study was to correlate the degree of myocardial fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in routine oncology positron emission tomography (PET) studies with fasting blood sugar level (FBSL), fasting period (FP) and age of the patient.