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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Metab. 2018 Jan 9;27(1):252–262.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2017.12.004

Figure 1. Regions of High Level Glucose Uptake in Humans as Assessed by 18F-FDG-PET/CT.

Figure 1

Metabolic activity in thermogenic tissues is demonstrated in this subject imaged with integrated [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography–Computed Tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) at room temperature. Frontal and lateral maximal PET intensity projection images in an adult male subject show distribution of glucose uptake by its image tracer 18F-FDG. In this subject, prominent FDG retention is shown in the cervical, supraclavicular, axillary, intercostal, mediastinal, ventral spinal, and peri-renal areas. Paravertebral tissue is also activated. Fat pads are also illustrated in multi-level transaxial or coronal PET/CT images (a–f) are shown in the Supplemental Movie (Movie S1).