Labeled leukocyte imaging: Current status and future directions

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-123

  Palestro, C J ^a,b   Love, C ^b   Bhargava, K K ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Leukocytes; Radiolabelling; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

FANOLESOMAB TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; INDIUM 111; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HALF LIFE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFECTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 65749106527     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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