The role of 18FDG PET/CT imaging of aortic atherosclerosis: prospective study and technique optimization

Abstract Background Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the inner wall of large and medium-sized arteries. The progress of atherosclerosis based on a lot of factors, including systemic involvement of disease, the precise vascular arterial affection, and the degree of flow obstruction. We a...

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Main Authors: Amr A. Elfattah Hassan Gadalla, Nahla Dessoki Elsayed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-020-0137-1