FDG-PET: An Imaging Biomarker of Pulmonary Inflammation |
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Play: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?13403
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Air date: | Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 2:00:00 PM |
Category: | Infectious Disease Imaging |
Runtime: | 57 minutes |
NLM Title: | FDG-PET : an imaging biomarker of pulmonary inflammation [electronic resource] / Daniel Schuster. |
Author: | Schuster, Daniel P. National Institutes of Health (U.S.) |
Publisher: | [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2006] |
Abstract: | (CIT): A number of new imaging methods make it possible to monitor and quantify molecular and cellular processes noninvasively in a variety of tissues. The radiotracer 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is particularly useful for studying inflammatory processes via positron-emisson tomography (PET), because it is taken up at accelerated rates in foci of inflammation. In this lecture, Dr. Dan Schuster will describe the use of FDG-PET to visualize pulmonary inflammation in experimental studies in laboratory animals and human volunteers, and will discuss potential applications of such techniques to the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. |
Subjects: | Fluorodeoxyglucose F18--diagnostic use Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Pneumonia--radionuclide imaging Positron-Emission Tomography--methods |
Publication Types: | Government Publications Lectures |
Rights: | This is a work of the United States Government. |
NLM Classification: | WC 202 |
NLM ID: | 101294468 |
CIT File ID: | 13403 |
CIT Live ID: | 5313 |
Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?13403 |
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