Prosthetic joint infections: Radionuclide state-of-the-art imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 892-909

  Gemmel, Filip ^a   Van Den Wyngaert, Hans ^a   Love, Charito ^b   Welling, M M ^c   Gemmel, Paul ^d   Palestro, Christopher J ^e  

^a AZ Alma Campus Sijsele ^*  (Belgium)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Hybrid imaging; Preoperative diagnosis; Prosthetic joint infection; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COPPER 64; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM; GALLIUM 68; LIPOSOME; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING;

EID: 84862569598     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-012-2062-7     Document Type: Review

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