Molecular Imaging of Atheroma: Deciphering How and When to Use 18F-Sodium Fluoride and 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Ahmed Tawakol, MD; Michael T. Osborne, MD; Zahi A. Fayad, PhD · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · e006183 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Imaging of Inflammation: Ready to Represent a Standard in Diagnosing Endocarditis? Gianmario Sambuceti, MD; Silvia Morbelli, M...

Background: To investigate the value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (18F-FDG PET/MRI) in diagnosing local tumor invasion (T stage), evaluating regional lymph node involvement (N and detecting distant metastasis (M stage) breast cancer patients.

2 Radiotracers ......................................................................... 16 2.1 11C-Choline, 18F-Choline .................................................... 16 2.2 11C-Acetate ........................................................................... 16 2.3 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) ........................................... 17 2.4 18F-Fluoride ...............................

introduction:brain imaging with f-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18f-fdg) positron ‎emission tomography or tc-99m hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (‎99mtc-hmpao) spect is widely used for the evaluation of alzheimer's ‎dementia (ad); we aim to assess superiority of one method over the ‎other. methods: twenty four patients with clinical diagnosis of alzheimer disease ‎underwent 18f-fdg pet and ‎99mtc-...

An inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) is a rare benign lesion, characterized by nonneoplastic proliferation of inflammatory cells and presence of intermingling collagen fibers. IPT commonly occurs in the lungs and orbita, while an intraspinal IPT is extremely rare. IPT can mimic both clinically and radiologically malignant processes, and making a definitive preoperative diagnosis is often difficult...

We investigated sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in 170 cases with suspected or biopsy-proven posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder. All solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients who underwent an 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography scan betw...

BACKGROUND Combined positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) can assess both anatomy and biology of carotid atherosclerosis. We sought to assess whether 18F-fluoride or 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose can identify culprit and high-risk carotid plaque. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed 18F-fluoride and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in 26 patients after recent transient ischemic at...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION The incidence of neurosyphilis has declined markedly since the introduction of penicillin therapy. While there are a number of case reports in the literature of neurosyphilis causing focal decreased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans, to the best of our knowledge this is the first published report of neurosyphilis p...

18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) has recently been added as a major criterion in the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2015 infective endocarditis guidelines. PET/CT is currently used patients with suspected prosthetic valve and cardiac device-related endocarditis. However, value ESC classification clinical impact PET findings are unkno...

an inflammatory pseudotumor (ipt) is a rare benign lesion, characterized by nonneoplastic proliferation of inflammatory cells and presence of intermingling collagen fibers. ipt commonly occurs in the lungs and orbita, while an intraspinal ipt is extremely rare. ipt can mimic both clinically and radiologically malignant processes, and making a definitive preoperative diagnosis is often difficult...