Fludeoxyglucose F 18 Injection is a positron emitting radiopharmaceutical containing no-carrier added radioactive 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-g1ucose, which is used for diagnostic purposes in conjunction with Positron Emission Tomography (PET). It is administered by intravenous injection.
The uptake of 18F-FDG by tissues is a marker for the tissue uptake of glucose, which in turn is closely correlated with certain types of tissue metabolism.
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Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
Stanford Cancer Institute Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California, United States
UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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