Textural analysis demonstrates heterogeneous [¹⁸F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in radiologically normal lung in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Eur Respir J. 2018 Nov 1;52(5):1801138. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01138-2018. Print 2018 Nov.

Authors

Shamsuddeen A Aliyu^{1

2}, Ged Avery³, Christopher Cawthorne², Stephen J Archibald², Timor Kadir⁴, Julien M Y Willaime⁵, Alyn H Morice¹, Simon P Hart¹, Michael G Crooks¹

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Research Group, Hull York Medical School, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK.
² PET Research Centre, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
³ Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, UK.
⁴ Optellum Ltd, Oxford Centre for Innovation, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Mirada Medical Ltd, Oxford Centre for Innovation, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 30262576
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01138-2018

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging*
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18