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. 2014 Apr 4;13:70. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-70

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Representative figures indicating the SUV uptake at the carotid artery in NWL and NWO subjects. Coronal image of ¹⁸ F-FDG-PET/CT around the carotid artery is presented as an unenhanced CT image, a fusion image of CT and PET, and a maximum intensity projection (MIP) image, from the upper panel to the lower panel. The red arrow indicates the carotid artery. ¹⁸ F-FDG-PET/CT, ¹⁸ F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography; SUV, standardized uptake value; NWL, normal weight lean; NWO, normal weight obesity.