FDG-PET for the detection of infected vascular grafts

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Keidar, Zohar ^a,b   Nitecki, S ^a,b  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Infection; Prosthesis implantation; Tomography, emission computed

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GALLIUM 67; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65749110626     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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