Clinical Applications of PET in Evaluating the Aging Spine

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

doi:10.1016/j.cpet.2022.08.001

Clinical Applications of PET in Evaluating the Aging Spine

PET Clin. 2023 Jan;18(1):39-47. doi: 10.1016/j.cpet.2022.08.001.

Authors

Sanaz Katal¹, Thomas G Clifford², George Matcuk³, Liesl Eibschutz², Ali Gholamrezanezhad⁴

Affiliations

¹ Independent Researcher, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: A.gholamrezanezhad@yahoo.com.

PMID: 36442965
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2022.08.001

Abstract

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.

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

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aging
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography
Spinal Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
Spine*