Carotid atherosclerotic plaques standardised uptake values: software challenges and reproducibility

Abstract Background Positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT) carotid standardised uptake values (SUV) of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) have been proposed as an inflammatory biomarker for determining cerebrovascular diseases such as stroke. Consideration of varying methodological ap...

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Main Authors: Nicola Giannotti, Martin J. O’Connell, Shane J. Foley, Peter J. Kelly, Jonathan P. McNulty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-04-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-017-0285-0