Impact of Renal Failure on F18-FDG PET/CT Scans

ObjectiveThe current guidelines for 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose PET/CT scanning do not address potential inaccuracies that may arise due to patients with renal failure. We report a retrospective analysis of standard uptake values (SUVs) in patients with and without renal failure in order to warr...

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Main Authors: Vishwajit Kode, Holly Karsch, Medhat M. Osman, Razi Muzaffar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
FDG
PET
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2017.00155/full