title: FDG PET Assessment of Osteomyelitis: A Review.
abstract: This article discusses the role of [(18)F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET and PET/computed tomography in diagnosis and therapeutic response assessment for the management of patients with osteomyelitis, to increase awareness of imaging pitfalls and to improve understanding of specific technical and diagnostic challenges in patients with posttraumatic chronic osteomyelitis, spinal infections, prosthetic joint infections, and diabetic foot infections. This article focuses on the usefulness of modern imaging modalities in the setting of suspected infection or inflammation and on the role of FDG-PET in the management of patients with suspected or confirmed infection in the bones.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dioguardi
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Santosh R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gaddam
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Torigian
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Abass
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alavi