Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Infections: Techniques, Acquisition Protocols and Interpretation Criteria

Diagnostic Imaging of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 149-167

  Signore, Alberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acquisition protocols; Antigranulocyte monoclonal antibodies (anti G mAbs); Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); Interpretation criteria; Nuclear medicine imaging techniques; White blood cells (WBCs)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS; ANTIGRANULOCYTE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES (ANTI-G MABS); FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; INTERPRETATION CRITERIA; NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING; WHITE BLOOD CELLS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 85016370067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118484388.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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