title: Pitfalls and Limitations of Radionuclide and Hybrid Imaging in Infection and Inflammation.
abstract: Both the referring clinician and the nuclear medicine specialist must be aware of the main known or potential pitfalls that can occur in infection and inflammation imaging. They must decide in consensus which tracer and which imaging protocol should be used for a specific indication. This article provides an overview of all the pitfalls and limitations of nuclear medicine techniques to image infections and inflammation. Both general pitfalls and pitfalls in specific clinical entities are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.w.j.m.glaudemans@umcg.nl.
authors.forename: Andor W J M
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Glaudemans
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rappaport School of Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Ora
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Israel
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Biomedical Photonic Imaging, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Riemer H J A
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Slart
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18