Total-Body PET Imaging in Infectious Diseases.
PET Clin
; 16(1): 89-97, 2021 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-938149
ABSTRACT
Total-body PET enables high-sensitivity imaging with dramatically improved signal-to-noise ratio. These enhanced performance characteristics allow for decreased PET scanning times acquiring data "total-body wide" and can be leveraged to decrease the amount of radiotracer required, thereby permitting more frequent imaging or longer imaging periods during radiotracer decay. Novel approaches to PET imaging of infectious diseases are emerging, including those that directly visualize pathogens in vivo and characterize concomitant immune responses and inflammation. Efforts to develop these imaging approaches are hampered by challenges of traditional imaging platforms, which may be overcome by novel total-body PET strategies.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Whole Body Imaging
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
PET Clin
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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