Nuclear medicine plays an important role in the evaluation of infection and inflammation.
Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is a readily available radiotracer that offers rapid, …

Bone scintigraphy with technetium-99m–labeled diphosphonates is one of the most frequently
performed of all radionuclide procedures. Radionuclide bone imaging is not specific, but …

Nearly 700,000 hip and knee arthroplasties are performed annually in the United States.
Although the results in most cases are excellent, implants do fail. Complications like heterotopic …

The objectives of this study were to investigate 18 F-FDG imaging, using a coincidence detection
system, for diagnosing prosthetic joint infection and to compare it with combined 111 In-…

Some complications of joint replacement surgery are easily diagnosed; however, differentiating
infection from aseptic loosening is difficult because these entities are remarkably similar …

Although our understanding of microorganisms has advanced significantly and antimicrobial
therapy has become increasingly available, infection remains a major cause of patient …

Prosthetic joint replacement surgery is performed with increasing frequency. Overall the
incidence of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) and subsequently prosthesis revision failure is …

The use of labeled leukocyte (white blood cell [WBC]) studies in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis
can be problematic. A combined study consisting of WBC imaging and complementary …

Imaging procedures are routinely used to evaluate patients suspected of having musculoskeletal
infection. Radiographs should be performed whenever musculoskeletal infection is …

Purpose The objective of this investigation was to compare the accuracies of bone and Ga-67
scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for diagnosing spinal osteomyelitis …