Functional imaging of the brain with/sup 18/F-fluorodeoxyglucose
Conference
·
OSTI ID:5265324
A techniques is reported by which it is possible to determine which regions of the human brain become functionally active in response to a specific stimulus. The method utilizes /sup 18/F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose ((/sup 18/F)-FDG) administered as a bolus. (/sup 18/F)-FDG is used as a tracer for the exchange of glucose between plasma and brain and its phosphorylation. The subject is then scanned during administration of a physiologic stimulus by position emission tomography and the three-dimensional distribution of /sup 18/F activity in the brain determined. (ACR)
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5265324
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-27845; CONF-800388-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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550501* -- Metabolism-- Tracer Techniques
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ALDEHYDES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
BODY
BRAIN
CARBOHYDRATES
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISTRIBUTION
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
ECAT SCANNING
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
FLUORINE 18
FLUORINE ISOTOPES
GLUCOSE
HEXOSES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
MAN
METABOLISM
MONOSACCHARIDES
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHOTON EMISSION SCANNING
PRIMATES
RADIOISOTOPES
SACCHARIDES
STIMULI
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TOMOGRAPHY
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ALDEHYDES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
BIOLOGICAL LOCALIZATION
BODY
BRAIN
CARBOHYDRATES
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISTRIBUTION
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
ECAT SCANNING
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
FLUORINE 18
FLUORINE ISOTOPES
GLUCOSE
HEXOSES
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAMMALS
MAN
METABOLISM
MONOSACCHARIDES
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PHOTON EMISSION SCANNING
PRIMATES
RADIOISOTOPES
SACCHARIDES
STIMULI
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TOMOGRAPHY
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VERTEBRATES