Areas of normal pulmonary parenchyma on HRCT exhibit increased FDG PET signal in IPF patients

Authors

Thida Win, Lister Hospital, UK
Benjamin A. Thomas, University College London
Tryphon Lambrou, University College London
Brian F. Hutton, University of WollongongFollow
Nicholas J. Screaton, Papworth Hospital, UK
Joanna C. Porter, University College London
Toby M. Maher, Royal Brompton Hospital
Raymondo Endozo, University College London
Robert I. Shortman, University College London
Asim Afaq, University College London
Pauline Lukey, Fibrosis DPU
Peter J. Ell, University College London
Ashley M. Groves, University College London

RIS ID

89510

Publication Details

Win, T., Thomas, B. A., Lambrou, T., Hutton, B. F., Screaton, N. J., Porter, J. C., Maher, T. M., Endozo, R., Shortman, R. I., Afaq, A., Lukey, P., Ell, P. J. & Groves, A. M. (2014). Areas of normal pulmonary parenchyma on HRCT exhibit increased FDG PET signal in IPF patients. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 41 (2), 337-342.

Abstract

Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) show increased PET signal at sites of morphological abnormality on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). The purpose of this investigation was to investigate the PET signal at sites of normal-appearing lung on HRCT in IPF.