Radionuclide procedures have gradually gained a place in the diagnostic workup of bone and joint pathologies. Given the growing interest in studying these disorders, Nuclear Medicine acquisition methods and image analysis have become more and more sophisticated and "disease-specific". Moreover, the possibility to explore different pathologic conditions with different radionuclides (67Ga, 99mTc-leukocyte or 99mTc-HIG scintigraphy, 18FDG-PET) provides a more comprehensive diagnostic approach to bone and joint disorders. In addition to these aspects, the improvements in hybrid imaging systems (i.e, SPECT/CT, PET/CT, PET/MR) have radically changed the way to image osteoarticular diseases, thus allowing to reach an accurate diagnosis.
This research topic will include recent literature on software developments and applications in image restoration, motion correction, kinetic analysis, and image processing in the field of functional imaging.
Keywords:
Radionuclide, Image Restoration, Motion Correction, Kinetic Analysis.
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Radionuclide procedures have gradually gained a place in the diagnostic workup of bone and joint pathologies. Given the growing interest in studying these disorders, Nuclear Medicine acquisition methods and image analysis have become more and more sophisticated and "disease-specific". Moreover, the possibility to explore different pathologic conditions with different radionuclides (67Ga, 99mTc-leukocyte or 99mTc-HIG scintigraphy, 18FDG-PET) provides a more comprehensive diagnostic approach to bone and joint disorders. In addition to these aspects, the improvements in hybrid imaging systems (i.e, SPECT/CT, PET/CT, PET/MR) have radically changed the way to image osteoarticular diseases, thus allowing to reach an accurate diagnosis.
This research topic will include recent literature on software developments and applications in image restoration, motion correction, kinetic analysis, and image processing in the field of functional imaging.
Keywords:
Radionuclide, Image Restoration, Motion Correction, Kinetic Analysis.
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.