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What does 'avid' mean?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 11/5/2022

"FDG avid" is a term primarily used by radiologists to describe sturctures in PET scans which have taken up and concentrated fluorodeoxyglucose more than surrounding tissues. FGD avid nodules are often (but not always) cancerous.

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Jermey Lakin

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2y ago

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