Whole Body and Regional Quantification of Active Human Brown Adipose Tissue Using 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Kim K, Huang S, Fletcher LA, O'Mara AE, Tal I, Brychta RJ, Cypess AM, Chen KY, Leitner BP. Whole Body and Regional Quantification of Active Human Brown Adipose Tissue Using 18F-FDG PET/CT. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2019 PMID: 30985755, DOI: 10.3791/58469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman brown adipose tissueBrown adipose tissueAdipose tissueF-FDG PET/CT scanF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyPET/CT scansThermogenic capacityBAT thermogenic capacityActive adipose tissuePET/CTPositron emission tomographyBAT volumeTomography scanNovel therapiesAnatomical distributionCT scanMetabolic disordersPharmacological activationEmission tomographyPotential targetWhole bodyBody temperatureTissueScansRegional quantification