Nuclear Medicine/Infection
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Infection
Popular Imaging Agents
[edit | edit source]99mTc-Medronate (MDP)
[edit | edit source]Indium labeled WBCs
[edit | edit source]Gallium-67
[edit | edit source]99mTc-Sulfur Colloid
[edit | edit source]99mTc-MDP
[edit | edit source]Experimental Imaging Agents
[edit | edit source]18F-FTG PET
[edit | edit source]99mTc-Fanolesomab
[edit | edit source]Immunocompromised Infection
[edit | edit source]- (Please add info)
Fever of Unknown Origin
[edit | edit source]Post Transplant/Operative
[edit | edit source]Cardiac
[edit | edit source]- Scintography of post heart transplant infections have not been extensively studied, however, Gallium, Indium-111 WBC, and Tc99m HMPAO have been used.
- PMID 16485569 -- "Value of radionuclide studies in cardiac transplantation." (Flotats A, Carrió I. 2005 Ann Nucl Med. 2006 Jan;20(1):13-21.)
Central Nervous System
[edit | edit source]- (Please add info)
Cardiovascular
[edit | edit source]- Also see above "Post Transplant/Operative" - Cardiac
Osteomyelitis
[edit | edit source]The Diabetic Patient
[edit | edit source]Appendicitis
[edit | edit source]- ^ SAMPLE PMID 19426925 - "2008 Santa Fe Bone Symposium: update on osteoporosis." Lewiecki EM, Baim S, Bilezikian JP, Eastell R, LeBoff MS, Miller PD. (J Clin Densitom. 2009 Apr-Jun;12(2):135-57.)
Acronyms used:
- MDP - Medronate or
- 18F-FTG PET - (18)Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography