PET in the diagnostic management of infectious/inflammatory pulmonary pathologies: a revisit in the era of COVID-19

S Katal, H Amini… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Inflammatory and infectious pulmonary diseases represent a significant cause of morbidity
and mortality. Different morphological imaging techniques, and mainly computed …

FDG-PET/CT of COVID-19 and other lung infections

LS Eibschutz, B Rabiee, S Asadollahi, A Gupta… - Seminars in nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
While not conventionally used as the first-line modality,[18 F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose
(FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) can identify infection …

The critical role of FDG-PET/CT imaging in assessing systemic manifestations of COVID-19 infection

A Alavi, TJ Werner, A Gholamrezanezhad - European Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Springer
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that primarily involves the
lungs with associated respiratory syndrome but may also demonstrate extrapulmonary …

Enhancing Clinical Diagnosis for Patients With Persistent Pulmonary Abnormalities After COVID-19 Infection: The Potential Benefit of: 68: Ga-FAPI PET/CT

A Sviridenko, A Boehm, G di Santo… - Clinical Nuclear …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related pneumonia challenges clinical
practice. We explore the potential diagnostic benefit of PET/CT to establish the underlying …

The role of 18F-FDG PET for COVID-19 infection: myth versus reality

G Treglia - Clinical and translational imaging, 2020 - Springer
To date, the whole population is at risk of infection with the coronavirus COVID-19 (SARS-
CoV-2); in particular, older people, often frail and subject to multimorbidity, are at highest risk …

PET imaging of COVID-19: the target and the number

E Guedj, A Verger, S Cammilleri - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine …, 2020 - Springer
In the context of COVID-19 worldwide outbreak, first reports are being published on the
potential value of PET imaging. A total of 5 highly suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases …

Inflammatory response in lungs and extrapulmonary sites detected by [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in convalescing COVID-19 patients tested negative for …

Y Bai, J Xu, L Chen, C Fu, Y Kang, W Zhang… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
resulted in an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The …

Molecular imaging of pulmonary inflammation and infection

C Giraudo, L Evangelista, AS Fraia, A Lupi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infectious and inflammatory pulmonary diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Although infrequently used in this setting, molecular imaging may …

The potential added value of FDG PET/CT for COVID-19 pneumonia

Y Deng, L Lei, Y Chen, W Zhang - European journal of nuclear medicine …, 2020 - Springer
Dear Sir, By February 27, 2020, COVID-19 had infected about 82,163 people and killed
2800 in about 37 countries and regions [1]. The coronavirus, like SARS-CoV-2 and MERS …

A case of COVID-19 lung infection first detected by [18F] FDG PET-CT

H Amini, G Divband, Z Montahaei, T Dehghani… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
An 82-year-old man with a history of the adenocarcinoma of colon who had undergone
sigmoidectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy 8 years ago presented with fatigue and …