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Whole Body and Regional Quantification of Active Human Brown Adipose Tissue Using 18F-FDG PET/CT
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Whole Body and Regional Quantification of Active Human Brown Adipose Tissue Using 18F-FDG PET/CT

Article DOI: 10.3791/58469-v • 10:30 min • April 1st, 2019
April 1st, 2019 •
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1Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 2National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 3Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

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Using free, open-source software, we have developed an analytical approach to quantify total and regional brown adipose tissue (BAT) volume and metabolic activity of BAT using 18F-FDG PET/CT.

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Whole Body Regional Quantification Active Brown Adipose Tissue 18F-FDG PET/CT Methodology False Positives Identification Classification PET-CT Images Brown Fat ROI SUV CT Check Boxes Vauxhall Inclusion Criteria BAT Detection Algorithm SUV Lower Limit Upper Limit BAT Density Range Volume Times Mean ROIs
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