PET/CT image of a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. (IMAGE)

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PET/CT image of a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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64Cu-DOTA-ECL1i PET/CT image of a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. CTA and CT images show an aneurysmal abdominal aorta (arrow). PET and PET/CT images demonstrate specific tracer uptake within the aneurysm, with elevated localization to the aortic wall (arrow).

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Image created by Gyu Seong Heo, Lisa Detering, Deborah Sultan, Hannah P. Luehmann, Richard Laforest, Robert J. Gropler, Yongjian Liu, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Sergio Sastriques, Batool Arif, Santiago Elizondo Benedetto, Sean English, Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Chieh-Yu Lin, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

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