PET imaging of infection and inflammation. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Guest editors, Abass Alavi, Hongming Zhuang ; consulting editor, Abass Alavi.
• Other Names: Alavi, Abass; Zhuang, Hongming
• Contents: Front Cover; PET Imaging of Infection and Inflammation: PET Clinics; Copyright Page; Contributors; Table of Contents; Preface: PET Imaging of Infection and Inflammation; Chapter 1. Promising Roles of PET in Management of Arthroplasty-Associated Infection; USE OF 18FDG-PET IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOPROSTHETIC LOOSENING OF KNEE AND HIP IMPLANTS; USE OF F-18 FLUORIDE PET IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOPROSTHETIC LOOSENING OF HIP IMPLANTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. FDG PET and PET/CT Imaging in Complicated Diabetic Foot; POTENTIAL CLINICAL ROLE OF FDG-PET IN DIABETIC FOOT CARE. FDG-PET VERSUS THE EXISTING TECHNIQUES: WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES?ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED DATA ON USING FDG-PET IN THE DIABETIC FOOT; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. FDG PET Assessment of Osteomyelitis: A Review; RADIOTRACERS; APPROACH; MOLECULAR BASIS OF FDG-PET; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS VERSUS REPARATIVE BONE HEALING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED OSTEOMYELITIS; VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS; DIABETIC FOOT INFECTION AND CHARCOT OSTEOARTHROPATHY; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Fever of Unknown Origin: The Roles of FDG PET or PET/CT. CLASSIFICATION OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATIONIMAGING MODALITIES IN THE EVALUATION OF FUO; FDG PET OR PET/CT IN THE EVALUATION OF FUO; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. PET/CT in Patients with Sarcoidosis or Ig G4 Disease; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING STUDIES; CT Scan; MRI; PET; PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS; CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS; NEUROSARCOIDOSIS; SARCOID IN OTHER ORGANS AND IGG4 DISEASE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Utilization of FDG PET/CT in the Management of Inflammation and Infection in Patients with Malignancies. PET/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AS AN EMERGING MODALITY FOR EVALUATION OF ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANCYEVALUATION OF ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS BY PET/CT IN PATIENTS WITH SOLID TUMORS; THE ROLE OF PET/CT IN EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA AND FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; EVALUATION OF ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS BY PET/CT IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. The Utility of FDG PET/CT in Inflammatory Bowel Disease; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE-PET IMAGING; FDG-PET/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. FDG PET Imaging of Large-Vessel Vasculitis. CLINICAL MANIFESTATION, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF VASCULITISFDG PET IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF LARGE-SIZE VESSEL VASCULITIS; FDG PET IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIUM AND SMALL-SIZE VESSEL VASCULITIS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Chapter 9. Assessment of Therapy Response by FDG PET in Infection and Inflammation; OVERVIEW OF PET IN INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION; VASCULITIS; BONE INFECTIONS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; OTHER INFECTIONS; COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF FDG-PET/CT; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Index.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pa : Saunders
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 616.90757; Infection -- Treatment; Inflammation -- Treatment; Tomography, Emission; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious; MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455744299; 1455744298
• Related ISBNs: 9781455739165; 1455739162
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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