Main description:

This book is designed as a reference manual that is exceptional in systematically discussing every aspect of nuclear medicine imaging of infections, with careful explanation of the most up-to-date concepts and recent guidelines on diagnostic flowcharts as shared between the EANM, ESR, ESNR, ESCMID, ESC, EACVI, ECCO, ESGAR and EBJIS. It is truly comprehensive, describing all methods, all acquisition parameters, and all interpretation criteria in all infectious diseases. The early chapters discuss currently available radiopharmaceuticals and nuclear medicine imaging technologies, including the hybrid modalities SPECT/CT, PET/CT, and PET/MRI. The remainder of the book is devoted to the nuclear medicine imaging of infections at different body sites as well as fever of unknown origin, fungal infections, and tuberculosis and AIDS-associated infections. Infections represent a real emergency globally, and early diagnosis and treatment follow-up will continue to pose huge challenges. In this context, Nuclear Medicine in Infectious Diseases will be a superb asset for nuclear medicine and infectious disease specialists and other clinicians everywhere.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Infections: the emergency of the new millennium

Chapter 2: Radiopharmaceuticals for gamma camera imaging of infections

Chapter 3: Radiopharmaceuticals for PET imaging of infections

Chapter 4: Hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT imaging

Chapter 5: Acquisition protocols and image interpretation criteria

Chapter 6: Nuclear Medicine imaging of soft tissue infections

Chapter 7: Nuclear Medicine imaging of peripheral bone osteomyelitis and sternal wound infections

Chapter 8: Spine infections

Chapter 9: Nuclear Medicine imaging of prosthetic joint infections

Chapter 10: Nuclear Medicine imaging of vascular graft infections

Chapter 11: Nuclear Medicine imaging of diabetic foot infections

Chapter 12: Nuclear Medicine imaging of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection and endocarditis

Chapter 13: Nuclear Medicine imaging of fever of unknown origin

Chapter 14: Nuclear Medicine imaging of abdominal infection/inflammation by PET/CT and PET/MR

Chapter 15: Imaging tuberculosis and AIDS associated infections

Chapter 16: Imaging fungal infections and therapy follow-up