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Abstract：
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred imaging method for evaluating treatment response in spine infection. However, there are still no definite correlation between follow-up MRI findings and clinical status. Recently, Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) shows great potential as diagnostic and monitoring options. Simultaneous 18F-FDG PET/MRI makes us to expect a huge synergic effect on diagnosis and evaluation of treatment response with metabolic and anatomical advantages in spine infection. We introduce an application of 18F-FDG PET/MRI for evaluating residual lesion in the patient with pyogenic spine infection.
摘要：
磁共振成像（MRI）是评估脊柱感染治疗反应的首选成像方法。然而,随访MRI结果与临床状态之间仍无明确相关性。最近,氟-18氟脱氧葡萄糖正电子发射断层扫描（18F-FDGPET）显示出作为诊断和监测选择的巨大潜力。同时18F-FDGPET/MRI使我们期望在脊柱感染中具有代谢和解剖学优势的诊断和治疗反应评估方面具有巨大的协同作用。我们介绍了18F-FDGPET/MRI在评估化脓性脊柱感染患者残留病变中的应用。
