18F|FDG PET for Diagnosing Infections in Prosthetic Joints
Prosthetic Joint Infections: Bane of Orthopedists, Challenge for ...
With modifications, standard MRI can yield diagnostic-quality images, especially along the femoral component of THA. PET scan has a sensitivity of 90%, a ...
FDG-PET/CT Imaging of Infected Bones and Prosthetic Joints
Combined PET/CT is clearly superior to PET alone and should be employed on a regular basis for better accuracy of the diagnosis; but data are even more limited ...
Prosthetic Joint Infection - Recon - Orthobullets
Prosthetic joint infections are serious complications of hip and knee arthroplasty and a common cause for revision arthroplasty · Diagnosis is multifaceted and ...
18F-FDG uptake in non-infected total hip prostheses
Some centers prefer to use 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) as first imaging modality of choice, but due to a lack ...
A gallium scan is a type of nuclear medicine test that uses either a gallium-67 (67Ga) or gallium-68 (68Ga) radiopharmaceutical to obtain images of a ...