Radionuclide Imaging of Infection and Inflammation

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Elena Lazzeri

Elena Lazzeri specialized in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pisa (Italy) and did her PhD in 2009 at the University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen (The Netherlands).

Since 1995 she is Adjunct Professor for the Postgraduate Specialty in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pisa, as well as lecturer at several teaching courses for Continuing Medical Education in Nuclear Medicine throughout Italy since 2002.

Among other activities, she is responsible for "Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases" at the Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa (Italy), Expert Consultant of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria), Teacher at the European School of Nuclear Medicine (ESNM) for Theoretical and Practical Courses on "Infection and Inflammation", certified speaker of the European School of Multimodality Imaging and Therapy (ESMIT) and Senior Advisor of the EANM Committee on "Infection and Inflammation".

Her main research interests are: Imaging infection and inflammation with particular emphasis to orthopedic infections, Fever of Unknown Origin, and cardiovascular infections with standard imaging techniques and with novel molecular imaging agents.

She is member of several national and international scientific societies, among them the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the International Research Group in Immunoscintigraphy and Immuno-Therapy (IRIST) and the International Society of Radiolabelled Blood Elements (ISORBE).

Dr. Lazzeri has authored/co-authored over 40 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and over 15 invited chapters in books; she has also co-edited one book.

Alberto Signore

After graduation in Medicine in 1984, he became specialist in Endocrinology (1987) and Nuclear Medicine (1991). He obtained a PhD in 2007 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is now also Consultant in Nuclear Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA; Treasurer of the International Research Group in Immunoscintigraphy and Therapy (IRIST); Chair of the "Inflammation/Infection" Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM); Member of the Editorial Board of the Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Communications, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Medicine Reviews, and other journals. He has been Visiting Professor in Nuclear Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium; Consultant of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Past-President of the International Society of Radiolabelled Blood Elements (ISORBE); Secretary and Past-President of the International Research Group in Immunoscintigraphy and Therapy (IRIST); Past-President of the international scientific association Nuclear Medicine Discovery (Nu.Me.D.). He authored more than 250 scientific publications in national and international journals), more than 30 book chapters and edited 5 books. Amongst the many awards and recognitions, it is worthwhile to mention the recent award for best Basic-Science publication in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine in 2015; the "Marie Curie" award of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), in 2004, and the "Masahiro Iio" award of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB), in 1994.

 Paola A. Erba

Paola Anna Erba specialized in Nuclear Medicine at University of

1 Normal Findings from Different Radiopharmaceuticals and Techniques, with Variants and Pitfalls.- 2 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Soft Tissue Infections.- 3 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Bone and Joint Infection.- 4 Miscellaneous Bone and Joint conditions.- 5 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Joint Prosthesis Infections.- 6 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Vascular Prosthesis.- 7 Nonorthopedic or Cardiovascular Implantable Device Infection.- 8 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Infections and Inflammation of Central Nervous System, Head and Neck Structures.- 9 Infective Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection.- 10 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of  Fever of Unknown Origin.- 11 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Abdominal Infections and Inflammation.- 12 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Diabetic Foot.- 13  Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Lung Infection.- 14 Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases.

"A major didactic value is in the representation, in each illustrated case ... . The reader, both younger and the most experienced, has the opportunity to understand or refresh the pathophysiological bases ... . this atlas allows an excellent training on the use of techniques and in the interpretation of images acquired with radionuclide procedures. It can result very useful not only to nuclear physicians and radiologists, but also to clinicians ... ." (Milena Masone and Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 48, 2021)

“A major didactic value is in the representation, in each illustrated case … . The reader, both younger and the most experienced, has the opportunity to understand or refresh the pathophysiological bases … . this atlas allows an excellent training on the use of techniques and in the interpretation of images acquired with radionuclide procedures. It can result very useful not only to nuclear physicians and radiologists, but also to clinicians … .” (Milena Masone and Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 48, 2021)