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The [18 F]FDG-6-phosphate formed when [18 F]FDG enters the cell cannot exit the cell before radioactive decay. As a result, the distribution of [18 F]FDG is a good reflection of the distribution of glucose uptake and phosphorylation by cells in the body. [citation needed] The fluorine in [18 F]FDG decays radioactively via beta-decay to 18 O −.
3-dimensional [18 F]FDG-PET image with 3D ROI generated by a threshold based algorithm.The blue dot in the MIP image bottom right marks the maximum SUV within the ROI.. The standardized uptake value (SUV) is a nuclear medicine term, used in positron emission tomography (PET) as well as in modern calibrated single photon emission tomography (SPECT) imaging for a semiquantitative analysis. [1]
FDG: fluordeoxyglucose: FDIU: fetal demise in utero: FDP: fibrin degradation product: Flexor digitorum profundus: FDS: Flexor digitorum superficialis: Fe: iron: FEF 25–75: forced expiratory flow at 25–75% of forced vital capacity fem female: femoral: FEN: Fluids, Electrolytes, Nutrition FEP: free erythrocyte protoporphyrin fibroepithelial ...
Fluorodeoxyglucose ([18 F]FDG or FDG) is commonly used to detect cancer; [18 F]Sodium fluoride (Na 18 F) is widely used for detecting bone formation; Oxygen-15 (15 O) is sometimes used to measure blood flow. PET is a common imaging technique, a medical scintillography technique used in nuclear medicine.
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).