Osteomyelitis of the long bones

JH Calhoun, MM Manring… - Seminars in plastic …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Long bone osteomyelitis presents a variety of challenges to the physician. The severity of
the disease is staged depending upon the infection's particular features, including its …

PET/MR imaging: technical aspects and potential clinical applications

DA Torigian, H Zaidi, TC Kwee, B Saboury, JK Udupa… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Instruments that combine positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging have recently been assembled for use in humans, and may have diagnostic …

2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections

BA Lipsky, AR Berendt, PB Cornia… - Clinical infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Foot infections are a common and serious problem in persons with diabetes. Diabetic foot
infections (DFIs) typically begin in a wound, most often a neuropathic ulceration. While all …

EANM/SNMMI guideline for 18F-FDG use in inflammation and infection

F Jamar, J Buscombe, A Chiti… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this guideline is to provide general information about performing 18F-FDG PET or
PET/CT in inflammation and infection. We provide evidence for efficacy where it is available …

Competitive advantage of PET/MRI

H Jadvar, PM Colletti - European journal of radiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Multimodality imaging has made great strides in the imaging evaluation of patients with a
variety of diseases. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is now …

Understanding diabetic foot infection and its management

S Noor, RU Khan, J Ahmad - … & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs), a dreadful micro-vascular complication is liable for
substantial increase in morbidity and mortality. DFU is a complicated amalgam of …

PET and SPECT in osteomyelitis and prosthetic bone and joint infections: a systematic review

W van der Bruggen, CP Bleeker-Rovers… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on diagnostic accuracy and clinical value of single-
photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) …

Positron emission tomography as a diagnostic tool in infection: present role and future possibilities

S Basu, T Chryssikos, S Moghadam-Kia… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2009 - Elsevier
The past decade has witnessed the emergence of yet another promising application of 18F-
fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging in the detection and …

[HTML][HTML] An update on the role of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in major infectious and inflammatory diseases

BT Kung, SM Seraj, MZ Zadeh… - American journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For decades, conventional nuclear medicine techniques have been utilized for the
assessment of many infectious and inflammatory diseases. Most of these techniques have …

Nuclear medicine imaging of bone infections

C Love, CJ Palestro - Clinical radiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Osteomyelitis is a broad group of infectious diseases that involve the bone and/or bone
marrow. It can arise haematogenously, via extension from a contiguous infection, or by direct …