Clinical Diagnosis of Bacterial Infection via FDG-PET Imaging

The key challenge in the treatment of bacterial infection is rapid identification of bacteremia at an early stage of the diseases. Currently available imaging systems such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can only detect bacterial infection after they have become systemic or have caused significant anatomical tissue damage, and at this stage infection are challenging to treat due to the high bacterial burden. To...