PET/CT in Infection and Inflammation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. The Role of FDG PET/CT in the Investigation of Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

   • Tehmina Bharucha, Thomas Wagner, Deborah Pencharz

   Pages 1-6

3. PET/CT in Diagnosing and Evaluating Therapy in Vasculitis

   • Thomas Wagner

   Pages 7-13

4. PET/CT in Immunodeficiency Disorders

   • Alfred Ankrah, Mike Sathekge

   Pages 15-27

5. PET/CT in Assessment of Sarcoidosis

   • Ashwini Kalshetty, Pradeep Thapa, Sandip Basu

   Pages 29-41

6. FDG PET/CT in Assessment of Prosthetic Joint Infection

   • Pradeep Thapa, Ashwini Kalshetty, Sandip Basu

   Pages 43-54

7. FDG PET/CT in Evaluating Osteomyelitis and Diabetic Foot

   • Alok Pawaskar, Sandip Basu

   Pages 55-63

8. 18F-FDG PET/CT in Infected Vascular Grafts

   • Ashik Amlani, Thomas Wagner

   Pages 65-70

9. PET and Cardiac Infections

   • Deborah Pencharz

   Pages 71-78

10. FDG PET/CT in Autoimmune Diseases

    • Alok Pawaskar, Sandip Basu

    Pages 79-90

11. PET and Infection/Inflammation

    • Thomas Wagner

    Pages 91-100

12. Back Matter

    Pages 101-104

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This pocket book provides clinicians with the necessary information to understand the role of FDG PET/CT in infection and inflammation. It will help both in making appropriate imaging requests with adequate clinical information and in interpreting the report. The coverage encompasses a wide range of topics, including the role of PET/CT in pyrexia of unknown origin, vasculitis, autoimmune diseases, prosthetic joint infections, osteomyelitis and diabetic foot, immunodeficiency disease, and vascular graft surgery. The book will be a very useful guide to a great test that can provide significant assistance in patient management. It is published within the Springer series Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging, in which leading professionals succinctly explain the importance of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and management of oncological and non-oncological conditions.

• PET/CT in Infection and Inflammation
• FDG
• PET/CT
• FDG PET/CT
• Tuberculosis
• Endocarditis
• Infected Prostheses
• Vasculitis
• Pyrexia of Unknown Origin
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Nuclear Imaging

“The first highlight of this book, a trait common to other entries in the series and a unique selling point, is how international it is. … this is another great entry in a fantastic series that is more and more aimed at all healthcare professionals working in nuclear medicine and PETCT such as technologists and radiographers, nurses, physicists and other allied healthcare professionals, as well as the clinicians in the series title (both referring clinicians and specialists).” (André Nunes, RAD Magazine, July, 2019)

• Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

  Thomas Wagner

• Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Memorial Centre Annexe, Mumbai, India

  Sandip Basu

​Thomas Wagner is a consultant in nuclear medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He is the PET/CT lead and his main interests are use of PET/CT in lung cancer and hematological malignancies and the role of PET/CT in infection and inflammation.

Sandip Basu is consultant Physician and the Head, Nuclear Medicine Academic Programme of the Radiation Medicine Centre. He is actively involved in clinical patient services, research and post graduate training activities of the Centre. His special interests are Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT. He has authored over 350 publications in peer-reviewed journals, more than 25 text book chapters and serves as the Editorial Board member of multiple international journals including EJNMMI and NMC.  He is the recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2012 in Medical Sciences, DAE Scientific and Technical Excellence Award 2007 & Group Achievement Award 2014 and Alavi-Mandell Award from the Education Research Foundation of Society of Nuclear Medicine, USA.

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