Applications of PET-Computed Tomography-Magnetic Resonance in the Management of Benign Musculoskeletal Disorders

James S Yoder; Feliks Kogan; Garry E Gold

doi:10.1016/j.cpet.2018.08.001

Applications of PET-Computed Tomography-Magnetic Resonance in the Management of Benign Musculoskeletal Disorders

PET Clin. 2019 Jan;14(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2018.08.001.

Authors

James S Yoder¹, Feliks Kogan¹, Garry E Gold²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
² Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: gold@stanford.edu.

Abstract

Although computed tomography (CT) and MR imaging alone have been used extensively to evaluate various musculoskeletal disorders, hybrid imaging modalities of PET-CT and PET-MR imaging were recently developed, combining the advantages of each method: molecular information from PET and anatomical information from CT or MR imaging. Furthermore, different radiotracers can be used in PET to uncover different disease mechanisms. In this article, potential applications of PET-CT and PET-MR imaging for benign musculoskeletal disorders are organized by benign cell proliferation/dysplasia, diabetic foot complications, joint prostheses, degeneration, inflammation, and trauma, metabolic bone disorders, and pain (acute and chronic) and peripheral nerve imaging.

Keywords: Imaging; Musculoskeletal disorders; Positron emission tomography–MR imaging (PET–MR imaging); Positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET-CT).

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Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Multimodal Imaging / methods*
Musculoskeletal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Musculoskeletal System / diagnostic imaging
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*

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