title: The role of molecular imaging in diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis.
abstract: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) mostly presenting as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) affects up to 600,000 individuals in United States each year. Clinical symptoms of VTE are nonspecific and sometimes misleading. Additionally, side effects of available treatment plans for DVT are significant. Therefore, medical imaging plays a crucial role in proper diagnosis and avoidance from over/under diagnosis, which exposes the patient to risk. In addition to conventional structural imaging modalities, such as ultrasonography and computed tomography, molecular imaging with different tracers have been studied for diagnosis of DVT. In this review we will discuss currently available and newly evolving targets and tracers for detection of DVT using molecular imaging methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Sina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houshmand
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salavati
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital Denmark.
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine Army Hospital Research & Referral New Delhi India.
authors.forename: Mudalsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ravina
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi
keywords: FDG-PET/CT; SPECT; deep vein thrombosis; molecular imaging; venous thromboembolism