The molecular imaging approach to image infections and inflammation by nuclear medicine techniques

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 681-700

  Signore, Alberto ^a,b   Glaudemans, Andor W J M ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infection; Inflammation; Molecular imaging; Nuclear medicine; Pathophysiology; Radiopharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ADALIMUMAB TC 99M; BESILESOMAB; BIOTIN IN 111; CD71 ANTIGEN; CHITINASE I 123; CIPROFLOXACIN TC 99M; FANOLESOMAB TC 99M; FLUCONAZOLE TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 68; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 1 I 123; INTERLEUKIN 2 TC 99M; INTERLEUKIN 8 I 123; N METHYL N (1 METHYLPROPYL) 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL)ISOQUINOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE) C 11; OKT 3 TC 99M; OXIN IN 111; PAMA(4) COBALAMIN TC 99M; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; RITUXIMAB; SULESOMAB TC 99M; UBIQUICIDIN [29-41] TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISILIZUMAB TC 99M;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG COST; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 83855165774     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-011-0521-z     Document Type: Review

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