TY - JOUR
T1 - Total-Body PET Imaging of Musculoskeletal Disorders
AU - Chaudhari, Abhijit J.
AU - Raynor, William Y.
AU - Gholamrezanezhad, Ali
AU - Werner, Thomas J.
AU - Rajapakse, Chamith S.
AU - Alavi, Abass
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge support by the National Institutes of Health under award number R01AR076088 .
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Imaging of musculoskeletal disorders, including arthritis, infection, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and malignancies, is often limited when using conventional modalities such as radiography, computed tomography (CT), and MR imaging. As a result of recent advances in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) instrumentation, total-body PET/CT offers a longer axial field-of-view, higher geometric sensitivity, and higher spatial resolution compared with standard PET systems. This article discusses the potential applications of total-body PET/CT imaging in the assessment of musculoskeletal disorders.
AB - Imaging of musculoskeletal disorders, including arthritis, infection, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and malignancies, is often limited when using conventional modalities such as radiography, computed tomography (CT), and MR imaging. As a result of recent advances in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) instrumentation, total-body PET/CT offers a longer axial field-of-view, higher geometric sensitivity, and higher spatial resolution compared with standard PET systems. This article discusses the potential applications of total-body PET/CT imaging in the assessment of musculoskeletal disorders.
KW - Arthritis
KW - Cancer
KW - Fever of unknown origin
KW - Osteoporosis
KW - Osteosarcoma
KW - PET/CT
KW - PET/MR imaging
KW - Sarcopenia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cpet.2020.09.012
DO - 10.1016/j.cpet.2020.09.012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33218607
AN - SCOPUS:85096678390
VL - 16
SP - 99
EP - 117
JO - PET Clinics
JF - PET Clinics
SN - 1556-8598
IS - 1
ER -