Nuclear medicine infection imaging: white cell studies

Question 1

Suspected infection

Answer 1

• Most cases don’t require imaging
  Diagnosis usually done by classical symptoms and signs

Question 2

Imaging

Answer 2

-A patient has an infection but we don’t know the location,thus
- Diagnosis of the lesion

Question 3

Imaging options

Answer 3

• Radiological techniques(X-rays,US,CT,)
  MR)
  Normally 1st line
  anatomical changes tend to occur later
  difficult todiagnose active infection

Question 4

2. Nuclear medicine techniques (SPECT/CT,PET/CT)

Answer 4

Scond line
functional changes