Whole Body Imaging

"Whole Body Imaging" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The creation of a visual display of the inside of the entire body of a human or animal for the purposes of diagnostic evaluation. This is most commonly achieved by using MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; or POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY.

Descriptor ID	D051598
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.350.925 E05.979
Concept/Terms	Whole Body Imaging Whole Body Imaging Imaging, Whole Body Imagings, Whole Body Whole Body Imagings Whole Body Scanning Whole Body Scan Scan, Whole Body Scans, Whole Body Whole Body Screening Whole Body Screening Screening, Whole Body Screenings, Whole Body Whole Body Screenings

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Whole Body Imaging".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Diagnostic Imaging [E01.370.350]
Whole Body Imaging [E01.370.350.925]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Whole Body Imaging [E05.979]

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Bar chart showing 19 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2009 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	2	3
2010	1	1	2
2012	0	2	2
2014	2	1	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	1	1	2
2018	0	2	2
2019	1	0	1
2021	0	1	1

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Meredith-Jones K, Taylor R, Brown R, Cooke R, Vlietstra L, Manning P, Poulton R, Haszard J. Age- and sex-specific visceral fat reference cutoffs and their association with cardio-metabolic risk. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 04; 45(4):808-817.

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White MD, Agarwal N, Tonetti DA. The Utility of Whole Body Imaging in the Evaluation of Solitary Brain Tumors. World Neurosurg. 2019 Jun; 126:e1206-e1210.

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Mateo J, Fizazi K, Gillessen S, Heidenreich A, Perez-Lopez R, Oyen WJG, Shore N, Smith M, Sweeney C, Tombal B, Tomlins SA, de Bono JS. Managing Nonmetastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2019 02; 75(2):285-293.

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Antonelli M, Burzo ML, Pecorini G, Massi G, Landolfi R, Flex A. Scurvy as cause of purpura in the XXI century: a review on this "ancient" disease. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2018 07; 22(13):4355-4358.

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Krishnamurthy R, Malone L, Lyons K, Ketwaroo P, Dodd N, Ashton D. Body MR angiography in children: how we do it. Pediatr Radiol. 2016 May; 46(6):748-63.

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Dong H, Cox M, Selvarajan S, Roth C, Deshmukh S. Yield of Preoperative Whole-body CT in Patients Presenting with Single Brain Malignancy:: Experience at a Tertiary-care Center. Acad Radiol. 2016 May; 23(5):600-4.

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Kecskemethy HH, Kubaski F, Harcke HT, Tomatsu S. Bone mineral density in MPS IV A (Morquio syndrome type A). Mol Genet Metab. 2016 Feb; 117(2):144-9.

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Lyons K, Seghers V, Williams JL, Sorensen JI, Paldino MJ, Krishnamurthy R, Rohren EM. Qualitative FDG PET Image Assessment Using Automated Three-Segment MR Attenuation Correction Versus CT Attenuation Correction in a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital: A Prospective Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Sep; 205(3):652-8.

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Acikgoz G, Averill LW. Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: typical patterns of bone involvement in whole-body bone scintigraphy. Nucl Med Commun. 2014 Aug; 35(8):797-807.

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Guglielmo FF, Mitchell DG, Gupta S. Gadolinium contrast agent selection and optimal use for body MR imaging. Radiol Clin North Am. 2014 Jul; 52(4):637-56.

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