The molecular imaging approach to image infections and inflammation by nuclear medicine techniques
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Alberto Signore Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Inflammatory and infectious diseases are a heterogeneous class of diseases that may be divided into infections, acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. Radiological imaging techniques have, with the exception of functional MRI, high sensitivity but lack in specificity. Nuclear medicine techniques, by contrast, allow the in vivo detection in humans of different physiologic and pathologic phenomena and offer noninvasive tools to detect early pathophysiological changes before anatomical changes occur. In this review, we highlight the role of nuclear medicine in inflammation/infection with emphasis on molecular imaging for in vivo histological characterization of affected tissues for diagnostic purposes and follow-up of therapies. We also describe the clinical indications of all available radiopharmaceuticals in the light of the newly available guidelines.
Ann Nucl Med DOI 10.1007/s12149-011-0521-z Received: 21 July 2011 / Accepted: 21 July 2011
