Nuclear Medicine in Infectious Diseases

This book is designed as a reference manual that is exceptional in systematically discussing every aspect of nuclear medicine imaging of infections, with careful explanation of the most up-to-date concepts and recent guidelines on diagnostic flowcharts as shared between the EANM, ESR, ESNR, ESCMID,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Signore, Alberto (Editor), Glaudemans, Andor W. J. M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Infections: the emergency of the new millennium
  • Radiopharmaceuticals for gamma camera imaging of infections
  • Radiopharmaceuticals for PET imaging of infections
  • Hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging
  • Acquisition protocols and image interpretation criteria
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of soft tissue infections
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of peripheral bone osteomyelitis and sternal wound infections
  • Spine infections
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of prosthetic joint infections
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of vascular graft infections
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of diabetic foot infections
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection and endocarditis
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of fever of unknown origin
  • Nuclear Medicine imaging of abdominal infection/inflammation by PET/CT and PET/MR
  • Imaging tuberculosis and AIDS associated infections
  • Imaging fungal infections and therapy follow-up