(18)F-Fluoride PET/CT imaging is useful for the diagnosis of screw loosening in patients with persistent symptoms after intervertebral fusion stabilization.

¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT provided diagnostic information in most patients with chronic back pain and suspected spondylodiscitis. It was helpful in establishing a correct diagnosis in challenging cases of spondylodiscitis with mostly unclear findings in previous MRI.

No abstract

Summary Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET) techniques is a well‐established diagnostic tool in clinical medicine providing non‐invasively information about cardiac perfusion, function and prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease. Gated SPECT MPI has been used in clinical routine for years allowing the characterization of localization, extent and severity of perfusion abnormalities both in women and men. Recently, clinical studies employing nuclear techniques (e.g. BASKET or COURAGE) have underlined its diagnostic accuracy, prognostic validity and its importance for the clinical decision making. The extent of stress‐induced ischaemia is of clinical relevance to guide decision making in the management of the cardiac patient. Improvements in nuclear imaging equipment, software for image analysis and stress techniques will accelerate the procedure and increase its diagnostic accuracy while reducing radiation exposure.

No abstract