An untapped potential for imaging of peripheral osteomyelitis in paediatrics using [18F]FDG PET/CT -the inference from a juvenile porcine model.

Pia AfzeliusO L NielsenH C SchønheyderA K O AlstrupS B Hansen

Published in: EJNMMI research (2019)

[18F]FDG PET/CT localized even small OM lesions in peripheral bones. It was possible to reduce the injected activity considerably without compromising image quality, impacting the applicability of PET/CT in peripheral OM in children.

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