Molecular imaging of brown adipose tissue in health and disease

• Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 776 - 791
• Main Authors: Bauwens, Matthias, Wierts, Roel, van Royen, Bart, Bucerius, Jan, Backes, Walter, Mottaghy, Felix, Brans, Boudewijn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adipose tissue (brown); Adipose Tissue, Brown - diagnostic imaging; Adipose Tissue, Brown - physiology; Adipose Tissue, Brown - physiopathology; Atherosclerosis - diagnostic imaging; Body fat; Body Temperature Regulation; Cardiology; Diabetes Mellitus - diagnostic imaging; Disease; Health; Humans; Imaging; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Molecular biology; Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Nuclear Medicine; Obesity - diagnostic imaging; Oncology; Orthopedics; Positron-Emission Tomography; Radiology; Radiopharmaceuticals; Review Article; Tissues; Molecular imaging; Obesity; Brown adipose tissue; Cachexia; Radiopharmaceuticals; PET/CT

Purpose Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has transformed from an interfering tissue in oncological 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to an independent imaging research field. This review takes the perspective from the imaging methodology on which human BAT research has come...