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

White blood cells activated by either a pathogen or as part of a systemic inflammatory
disease are characterized by high energy consumption and are therefore taking up the …

Nuclear medicine techniques have been an integral part of infection and inflammation
imaging for decades. Conventional radionuclide imaging tests, such as bone scintigraphy …

FDG‐PET, combined with CT, is nowadays getting more and more relevant for the diagnosis
of several infectious and inflammatory diseases and particularly for therapy monitoring …

Purpose. To date, several meta‐analyses have reported data about the diagnostic
performance of 18F‐FDG PET/CT in infectious and inflammatory diseases. This article aims …

Integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with the glucose
analogue, 2-[18 F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose (FDG), is an evolving hybrid imaging technique …

FDG-PET is emerging as a promising imaging technique in non-osseous infectious and
inflammatory diseases, as an increasing number of reports are appearing in literature. In …

Aim The diagnosis, severity and extent of a sterile inflammation or a septic infection could be
challenging since there is not one single test able to achieve an accurate diagnosis. The …

To further promote the clinical application of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in infection and inflammation and …

Several advances in imaging have become part of the work-up for localization, diagnosis,
and management of infectious diseases and inflammatory disorders. Utility of multiple …