Clinical Applications of PET in Evaluating the Aging Spine

Sanaz Katal, Thomas G Clifford,George Matcuk,Liesl Eibschutz,Ali Gholamrezanezhad

PET Clinics（2023）

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Back pain is a common health complaint that contributes globally to medical burden and costs, particularly in elderly populations. Nuclear medicine techniques using PET tracers offer diagnostic information about various spine disorders, including malignant, degenerative, inflammatory, and infectious diseases. Herein, the authors briefly review applications of PET in the evaluation of spine disorders in elderly patients.

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Positron emission tomography (PET),Low back pain,Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG),NaF,Degenerative spine disorders,Osteoporosis,Vertebral compression fractures,Spine infection

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