Functional imaging of infection: conventional nuclear medicine agents and the expanding role of 18-F-FDG PET
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Marguerite T. Parisi
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
A growing body of literature suggests that 18- fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET), particularly when combined with CT, is a useful tool for the detection of infectious and inflammatory disease processes. This article will briefly review the data to date on the use of FDG PET in diagnosing musculoskeletal infections and fever of unknown origin, comparing it to conventional scintigraphic techniques in both adults and, when available, in children.
Pediatr Radiol (2011) 41:803–810 DOI 10.1007/s00247-011-2013-7 Received: 28 January 2011 / Accepted: 1 February 2011 / Published online: 24 May 2011
