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 …

Increased mortality rates from infectious diseases is a growing public health concern.
Successful management of acute bacterial infections requires early diagnosis and treatment …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201503437 scans, and 3D reconstructions.[10] It is widely used for
imaging blood vessels,[9b] tumors [11] or organs.[10a, 12] PAT uses wellestablished …

For decades, conventional nuclear medicine techniques have been utilized for the
assessment of many infectious and inflammatory diseases. Most of these techniques have …

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a challenging diagnostic problem. Timely identification
and precise localization of the causing process are critical for appropriate patient …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron
emission tomography (FDG-PET) compared with computed tomography (CT) scanning and …

Clin Microbiol Infect 2011; 17: 409–417 Abstract Optimal staging and evaluation of residual
lesions of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) are major challenges in the immunocompromised …

Background The early and accurate diagnosis of osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot is
essential to provide appropriate treatment and obviate long-term complications of the …

Fracture-related infection (FRI) is one of the most challenging complications in orthopaedic
trauma surgery. It has severe consequences for patients and an important socio-economic …

The technology behind positron emission tomography (PET) and the most widely used
tracer, 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose (FDG), were both conceived in the 1970s, but the …