Journal article
Constant ambient temperature of 24°C significantly reduces FDG uptake by brown adipose tissue in children scanned during the winter
Abstract
PurposeThe aim of this study was to determine if warming patients prior to and during 18F-FDG uptake by controlling the room temperature could decrease uptake by brown adipose tissue (BAT).MethodsA group of 40 children underwent 18F-FDG PET after being kept in the injection room at a constant temperature of 24°C for half an hour before and 1 hour after intravenous tracer administration. The rate of uptake by BAT in this group was compared to …
Authors
Zukotynski KA; Fahey FH; Laffin S; Davis R; Treves ST; Grant FD; Drubach LA
Journal
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 602–606
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
April 2009
DOI
10.1007/s00259-008-0983-y
ISSN
1619-7070