Nuclear Medicine/Infection
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Contents
Popular Imaging Agents[edit]
99mTc-Medronate (MDP)[edit]
Indium labeled WBCs[edit]
Gallium-67[edit]
99mTc-Sulfur Colloid[edit]
99mTc-MDP[edit]
Experimental Imaging Agents[edit]
18F-FTG PET[edit]
99mTc-Fanolesomab[edit]
Immunocompromised Infection[edit]
- (Please add info)
Fever of Unknown Origin[edit]
Post Transplant/Operative[edit]
Cardiac[edit]
- 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]
- (Please add info)
Cardiovascular[edit]
- Also see above "Post Transplant/Operative" - Cardiac
Osteomyelitis[edit]
The Diabetic Patient[edit]
Appendicitis[edit]
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- ^ 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
