PET/CT in Infection and Inflammation

​Thomas Wagner is a consultant in nuclear medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He is the PET/CT lead and his main interests are use of PET/CT in lung cancer and hematological malignancies and the role of PET/CT in infection and inflammation.Sandip Basu is consultant Physician and the Head, Nuclear Medicine Academic Programme of the Radiation Medicine Centre. He is actively involved in clinical patient services, research and post graduate training activities of the Centre. His special interests are Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT. He has authored over 350 publications in peer-reviewed journals, more than 25 text book chapters and serves as the Editorial Board member of multiple international journals including EJNMMI and NMC.  He is the recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2012 in Medical Sciences, DAE Scientific and Technical Excellence Award 2007 & Group Achievement Award 2014 and Alavi-Mandell Award from the Education Research Foundation of Society of Nuclear Medicine, USA.

“The first highlight of this book, a trait common to other entries in the series and a unique selling point, is how international it is. … this is another great entry in a fantastic series that is more and more aimed at all healthcare professionals working in nuclear medicine and PETCT such as technologists and radiographers, nurses, physicists and other allied healthcare professionals, as well as the clinicians in the series title (both referring clinicians and specialists).” (André Nunes, RAD Magazine, July, 2019)

• PET/CT in Diagnosing and Evaluating Therapy in Vasculitis.- PET-CT in immunodeficiency disorders.- PET/CT in Assessment of Sarcoidosis.- FDG PET-CT in assessment of Prosthetic Joint Infection.- FDG-PET/CT in evaluating Osteomyelitis and Diabetic foot.- PET/CT in Infected Vascular Grafts.- PET/CT and Cardiac Infections