Single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography in imaging infection

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 283-290

  Navalkissoor, Shaunak ^a   Nowosinska, Ewa ^a   Gnanasegaran, Gopinath ^b   Buscombe, John R ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antigranulocyte antibody; Ga 67 citrate; infection; leucocyte imaging; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYLENEDIPHOSPHONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; BONE REMODELING; CELL LABELING; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

HUMANS; INFECTION; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84874900910     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32835f0ac7     Document Type: Review

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