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This atlas fills a gap in the literature by documenting in detail the role of nuclear medicine imaging of infection and inflammation. The pathophysiologic and molecular mechanisms on which radionuclide imaging of infection/inflammation is based are clearly explained, but the prime focus of the book is on the clinical relevance of such procedures. Their impact is demonstrated by a collection of richly illustrated teaching cases that describe the most commonly observed scintigraphic patterns, as well as anatomic variants and technical pitfalls. Due attention is paid to the application of recently developed techniques, including multimodality fusion imaging such as SPECT/CT and PET/CT. Emphasis is placed in particular on the ability of multimodality imaging to increase both the sensitivity and the specificity of radionuclide imaging. This atlas will be an excellent learning tool for residents in nuclear medicine and illuminating for other specialists with an interest in the field. Learning tool especially useful for residents in nuclear medicine and for specialists in nuclear medicine approaching the field. Useful integration for residents and for specialists also in infectious and autoimmune diseases, as well as in orthopedics.

Nuclear medicine. --- Radioisotope scanning. --- Radionuclide imaging. --- Pathologic Processes --- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses --- Study Characteristics --- Publication Characteristics --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Diseases --- Case Reports --- Infection --- Inflammation --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Infectious Diseases --- Infectious diseases --- Medicine. --- Radiology. --- Infectious diseases. --- Orthopedics. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Nuclear Medicine. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Medical microbiology --- Causes and theories of causation --- Radiology, Medical. --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Atomic medicine --- Radioisotopes in medicine --- Medical radiology --- Radioactive tracers --- Radioactivity --- Physiological effect --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation

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This atlas explores the latest advances in radionuclide imaging in the field of inflammatory diseases and infections, which now typically includes multimodality fusion imaging (e.g. in SPECT/CT and in PET/CT). In addition to describing the pathophysiologic and molecular mechanisms on which the radionuclide imaging of infection/inflammation is based, the clinical relevance and impact of such procedures are demonstrated in a collection of richly illustrated teaching cases, which describe the most commonly observed scintigraphic patterns, as well as anatomic variants and technical pitfalls. Special emphasis is placed on using tomographic multimodality imaging to increase both the sensitivity and specificity of radionuclide imaging. The aim of the second edition of this book is to update the first (published in 2013) by reflecting the changes in this rapidly evolving field. Particular attention is paid to the latest advances in the radionuclide imaging of infection and inflammation, including the expanding role of hybrid imaging with [18F]FDG PET/CT SPECT/CT, without neglecting new radiotracers proposed for the imaging of infection/inflammation. Written by respected experts in the field, the book will be an invaluable tool for residents in nuclear medicine, as well as for other specialists.

Immunology. Immunopathology --- Physical methods for diagnosis --- immunologie --- radiologie --- medische beeldvorming