@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00049120,
 author = {Manabe, Osamu and Ohira, Hiroshi and Yoshinaga, Keiichiro and Naya, Masanao and Oyama-Manabe, Noriko and Tamaki, Nagara and 吉永 恵一郎},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {Annals of Nuclear Cardiology},
 month = {Aug},
 note = {Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease pathologically characterized by non-caseating granuloma. Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) remains an important prognostic factor of sarcoidosis patients. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) has been applied as a noninvasive tool not only for CS diagnoses but also for the evaluation of therapeutic effects and prognoses. Visual assessment is a standard method to evaluate whether the 18F-FDG uptake is physiological or active inflammation due to the CS. A semi-quantitative assessment using the standardized uptake value (SUV) is a simple method for achieving a more accurate diagnosis. A volume-based analysis has been proposed as a new marker that can provide information about the improvement or prevention of heart failure and can be used to predict a further clinical event in CS patients. This is a brief review of the objective and quantitative assessments of the magnitude and extent of CS activity with the use of 18F-FDG PET.},
 pages = {117--120},
 title = {Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments of Cardiac Sarcoidosis using 18F-FDG PET},
 volume = {3},
 year = {2017}
}