Imaging of Inflammation by PET, Conventional Scintigraphy, and Other Imaging Techniques

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Wim J.G. Oyen¹  Martin Gotthardt¹  Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers¹  Otto C. Boerman¹ 

关键词: infectious disease;    PET;    SPECT;    inflammation;    radionuclide imaging;   

DOI  :  10.2967/jnumed.110.076232

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Society of Nuclear Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Nuclear medicine imaging procedures play an important role in the assessment of inflammatory diseases. With the advent of 3-dimensional anatomic imaging, there has been a tendency to replace traditional planar scintigraphy by CT or MRI. Furthermore, scintigraphic techniques may have to be combined with other imaging modalities to achieve high sensitivity and specificity, and some may require time-consuming labeling procedures. On the other hand, new developments such as combined SPECT/CT increase the diagnostic power of scintigraphy. Also, the advent of PET had a considerable impact on the use of nuclear medicine imaging techniques. In this review, we aim to provide nuclear medicine specialists and clinicians with the relevant information on rational and efficient use of nuclear medicine imaging techniques in the assessment of patients with osteomyelitis, infected vascular prostheses, metastatic infectious disease, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, inflammatory bowel disease, sarcoidosis, and fever of unknown origin.

【 授权许可】

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