Quantification of Atherosclerotic Plaque Activity and Vascular Inflammation using [18-F] Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (FDG-PET/CT)

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May 2nd, 2012

May 2nd, 2012

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Nehal N. Mehta¹ , Drew A. Torigian² , Joel M. Gelfand³ , Babak Saboury² , Abass Alavi²

¹Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, ²Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, ³Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine

There is great need to identify atherosclerosis non-invasively, and here we demonstrate how FDG-PET/CT can be used to detect and quantify atherosclerotic plaque activity and vascular inflammation.

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0:05

Title

2:53

Patient Preparation and Obtaining Images

3:31

PET/CT Image Qualitative Evaluation

4:03

PET/CT Image Quantitative Evaluation

6:19

Imaging Outcome Calculations

7:40

Images of Aging and Atherosclerosis

8:35

Conclusion

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