Imaging of infection and inflammation with 18F-FDG-labeled leukocytes

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-146

  Rini, J N ^a   Palestro, C J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorodeoxyglucose; Infections; Leukocytes; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

8 QUINOLINOL INDIUM IN 111; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; INDIUM 111;

BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CELL LABELING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ENTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33745917043     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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