… from adjacent infected lung, pleura, rib cage and diaphragm. … normal F-18 FDG uptake in
the heart, those with no uptake at … pectoral muscle on the anterior chest wall and leads placed …

… the time courses of 18 F-FDG uptake, edema and neutrophil … Traditional imaging methods,
chest x-rays and computed … bioactive chemicals produced by an infectious pathogen, such as …

… % of 46 patients with sarcoid lesions seen on a chest X-ray [67]. … F-FDG uptake is proportional
to the cellular metabolic rate [84… 18 F-FDG-PET can quantify lung inflammation levels and …

… ROIs were drawn, and maximum FDG uptake in the noncancerous lung … other organs, such
as the ribs, heart, liver, and chest wall. … of leukocytes during the inflammatory phase and then …

… on 18 FDG uptake in glycolytically active cells that may represent inflammation, infection,
or … Uptake may be variable or absent in malignant lung nodules measuring less than 7 mm. …

… Chronic inflammation induced by infection is strongly … In clinical studies of small cell
lung cancer, non-small cell lung … , direct laryngoscopy, planar chest radiographs, contrast-enhanced …

… an additional contrast-enhanced CT angiography of the chest. In patients without VGI, PET/CT
… In a subset of 22 PET/CT scans in 11 patients, the exam covered only the chest and upper …

… bowel FDG uptake can do any value addition to the lung uptake in … no correlation between
lung inflammation on FDG PET to chest CT … FDG uptake is fairly non-specific for infections and …

… with respect to HRCT of the chest in IPF. Clinical history and … (malignancy, infection, and
inflammation). Glucose transporter… Another theory states F-18 FDG-PET uptake in fibrotic lung …

… of FDG uptake, there are many physiological variants and benign pathological entities that
also demonstrate augmented glucose metabolism, such as inflammatory and infectious … chest …