¹⁸F-sodium fluoride: An emerging tracer to assess active vascular microcalcification

William Y Raynor^{1

2}, Austin J Borja^{3

4}, Chaitanya Rojulpote^{3

5}, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen^{6

7}, Abass Alavi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. william.raynor@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. william.raynor@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
³ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
⁴ Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Editorial

William Y Raynor et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;28(6):2706-2711.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02138-9. Epub 2020 May 10.

William Y Raynor^{1

2}, Austin J Borja^{3

4}, Chaitanya Rojulpote^{3

5}, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen^{6

7}, Abass Alavi³

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. william.raynor@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. william.raynor@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
³ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
⁴ Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

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