Dual time point imaging of FDG PET/CT in a tuberculous spondylodiscitis

Dual Time Point Imaging (DTPI) technique is a specialised protocol adopted in (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. This technique is claimed to be useful in differentiating malignant and infective lesions. The authors adopted this technique in a patient diagnose...

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Autores principales: Abdul, HR, Abdul, N, Nordin, AJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21611039
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.6.2.e18
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Sumario:Dual Time Point Imaging (DTPI) technique is a specialised protocol adopted in (18)F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. This technique is claimed to be useful in differentiating malignant and infective lesions. The authors adopted this technique in a patient diagnosed with tuberculous spondylodiscitis and psoas abscess which demonstrated higher Maximum Standardized Uptake Value (SUVmax) during initial scans as compared with those obtained on delayed scans. The SUVmax changes between the two time points are believed to be a valuable finding for chronic granulomatous infective lesions such as tuberculosis.

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