Comment on Aksoy et al.: FDG and FDG-labelled leucocyte PET/CT in the imaging of prosthetic joint infection

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1811-1812

  Lazzeri, Elena ^a   Israel, Ora ^b   Erba, Paola A ^a   Chakravartty, Riddhika ^c   Comin, Josè Martin ^d   Jamar, Francois ^e   Rouzet, Francois ^f   Glaudemans, Andor W J M ^g   Signore, Alberto ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Department of Nuclear Medicine Rambam Health ^*  (Israel)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIUM 111; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; CELL MIGRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG HALF LIFE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEMALE; INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84906055086     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-014-2777-8     Document Type: Letter

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