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