Fig. 1From: The role of 18FDG PET/CT imaging of aortic atherosclerosis: prospective study and technique optimizationMale patient 57-year-old, non-smoker, non-diabetic, non-hypertensive. He had a history of biliary obstruction with CBD stent underwent PET/CT for suspicious of abdominal malignancy. a Post contrast CT images showed diffuse irregular intimal thickening and small calcification (b, c) fused and PET early images showed measurement of SUVmax at the outer wall of the descending thoracic aorta (yellow arrow). d Delayed PET images showed increased FDG uptake with higher SUVmax (red arrows)Back to article page