Applications of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of infection

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 615-624

  Chacko, T K ^a   Zhuang, H ^a   Nakhoda, K Z ^a   Moussavian, B ^a   Alavi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; Infection; Position emission tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0242354351     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200306000-00002     Document Type: Article

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