The influence of adipose tissue volume can significantly affect the metabolic activity of reference organs in 18F-FDG PET/CT studies of a normal healthy population.

CONCLUSION: Adipose tissue volume can significantly affect SUL of liver, blood pool, and muscle in a healthy population. Liver and blood pool may have limited roles as reference organs for normalization of 18F-FDG uptake of the lesion. PMID: 29177259 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research