An unusual looking pacemaker infection imaged with 18F-FDG PET/CT

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1438-

  Turpin, Sophie ^a   Lambert, Raymond ^a   Poirier, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPICARDIAL DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFECTION COMPLICATION; PACEMAKER INFECTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; INFECTION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954952071     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1454-9     Document Type: Article

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