FDG-PET/CT Imaging in Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders,An Issue of PET Clinics
Author | : Søren Hess |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 2020-03-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780323710831 |
ISBN-13 | : 0323710832 |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This issue of PET Clinics focuses on FDG-PET/CT Imaging in Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders, and is edited by Drs. Soren Hess and Lars Gormsen. Articles will include: Patient preparation and patient related challenges in infectious/inflammatory disease; Systemic infections (Fever/bacteremia of unknown origin, immunocompromised patients); Infections in bone and prosthetic joints; The infected heart; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pulmonary inflammatory diseases (sarcoidosis including cardiac and COPD); Infection and inflammation imaging: Beyond FDG; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Low grade inflammation; Large vessel vasculitis; Tuberculosis; and more!