| Disease / Medical condition |
Biomarker |
Imaging Technique |
Investigators |
Comments |
Disease Category |
Abscess |
Leukocyte accumulation |
SPECT |
Fischman AJ
|
Tc-99m HMPAO improvement over Tl-201 and Ga-67 |
Neurological
Inflammatory
Musculoskeletal Genitourinary
Infectious disease
Gastrointestinal
|
| Abscess |
Restricted diffusion |
Diffusion weighted imaging |
Grant E
Gonzalez RG
Schaefer P
|
|
Neurological
Inflammatory Infectious disease
|
| AIDS wasting syndrome |
Body fat composition |
CT |
Rosenthal DI |
|
Endocrine Metabolic Musculoskeletal
Infectious disease Gastrointestinal
|
| AIDS wasting syndrome / lipodystrophy |
Increased abdominal visceral fat associated with decreased bone mineral density
|
Quantitative CT Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) |
Rosenthal DI |
|
Endocrine Metabolic Musculoskeletal
Infectious disease
Gastrointestinal
|
| Arthritis / septic |
Cyst composition / tissue characterization |
PET |
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI
|
|
Infectious disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory
|
| Arthritis / septic |
Increased synovial glucose metabolism |
MRI |
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI
|
|
Infectious disease
Musculoskeletal
Inflammatory
|
| Arthritis / septic |
Periarticular erosion |
Plain radiographs
MRI |
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI
|
|
Infectious disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory
|
| Arthritis / septic |
Synovial thickening |
Plain radiographs
MRI |
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI
|
|
Infectious disease Musculoskeletal Inflammatory
|
| Biliary parasitic disease |
Biliary ductal dilatation |
US
CT
MRI |
Hahn P
Mueller P
O'Neill MJ
|
|
Gastrointestinal
Infectious disease |
| Cerebral malaria |
Diffuse cerebral edema with thalamic +/- cerebellar hypoattenuation
|
CT |
Gonzalez RG |
|
Neurological
Infectious disease |
| Cholangitis |
Ductal dilatation |
MRI |
Prasad S
Sahani D
|
MR cholangio-pancreatography |
Gastrointestinal
Infectious disease
Inflammatory
|
| Cholecystitis |
Gallstones Gallbladder wall thickening |
US
CT
MRI |
Hahn P
Mueller P
O'Neill MJ
|
|
Endocrine
Inflammatory
Infectious disease
Gastrointestinal
|
| Cholelithiasis |
Gallstones |
US
CT
MRI |
Hahn P
Mueller P
O'Neill MJ
|
|
Endocrine
Inflammatory
Gastrointestinal
Metabolic
|
| Cirrhosis |
Caudate lobe enlargement Right Posterior Hepatic notch
|
MRI
CT |
Hahn PF
Sahani D |
Discrimination of alcohol from virus-induced cirrhosis
|
Gastrointestinal
Infectious disease
Inflammatory |
| Encephalitis / west nile virus |
Thalamus and substantia nigra hyperintensity |
MRI |
Gonzalez RG
Sorensen AG
|
Disease confirmation and progression monitoring
|
Neurological
Infectious disease
Inflammatory
|
| HIV |
Directed molecular probes |
MRI
PET
Optical |
Weissleder R |
|
Infectious disease |
| HIV |
Increased Cerebral blood volume (CBV) |
fMRI |
Gonzalez RG
Hunter G |
Cerebral injury related to HIV infection |
Infectious disease |
| Infectious disease -Empyema -Herpes virus -CJD |
Restricted diffusion |
Diffusion weighted imaging |
Grant E
Schaefer P |
|
Neurological Infectious disease |
| Interstitial pulmonary edema |
Increased pulmonary interstitial markings |
CT |
McLoud TC
Shepard J
|
|
Inflammatory
Cardiology / Vascular
Infectious disease
|
| Intra-abdominal abscess |
Cyst composition / tissue characterization |
US
CT
MRI |
Mueller P |
|
Gastrointestinal
Genitourinary
Infectious disease
|
| Myocarditis |
Myocardial function contractility Perfusion / diffusion |
MRI |
Brady T |
|
Cardiology / Vascular Inflammatory
Infectious disease
Endocrine Metabolic
|
| Myocarditis |
Myocardial function contractility Perfusion / diffusion |
Nuclear medicine |
Fischman AJ |
|
Cardiology / Vascular
Inflammatory
Infectious disease
Endocrine
Metabolic |
| Myopathy |
Soft tissue inflammation |
MRI |
Palmer W Rosenthal DI |
|
Endocrine
Inflammatory
Infectious disease
Cardiology / Vascular
|
| Osteomyelitis |
Leukocyte accumulation |
Nuclear medicine |
Fischman AJ |
Radiolabled IL-8 accumulation
|
Infectious disease
Musculoskeletal
|
| Osteomyelytis |
Osteoblastic activity |
Nuclear medicine |
Fischman AJ |
Uptake of bone- seeking radio-pharmaceuticals
|
Musculoskeletal
Infectious disease
|
| Pancreatitis |
Chemotactic peptide uptake |
SPECT |
Fischman AJ |
Via 99mTc labeled peptide analog |
Gastrointestinal
Inflammatory
Metabolic
Infectious disease
|
| Pancreatitis |
Ductal irregularity or obstruction |
MRI |
Prasad S Sahani D Saini S |
Visualized by MR cholanio-pancreatography |
Gastrointestinal
Inflammatory
Metabolic
Infectious disease
|
| Pneumonia |
Pulmonary consolidation |
CT
MRI
Plain radiographs
|
McLoud TC
Shepard J
|
|
Infectious disease |
| Pneumonitis |
Pulmonary consolidation |
CT
MRI
Plain radiographs
|
McLoud TC
Shepard J
|
|
Infectious disease Inflammatory |
| Pulmonary infection |
Increased pulmonary interstitial markings
|
CT |
McLoud TC
Shepard J
|
|
Infectious disease |
| Respiratory syncytial virus |
Ground-glass appearance Opacities Acute bronchial dilatation Wall thickening
|
CT |
McLoud TC
Shepard J
|
|
Infectious disease |
| Soft tissue infection |
Leukocyte accumulation |
Nuclear medicine |
Fischman AJ |
|
Infectious disease
Musculoskeletal
Inflammatory
|
| Soft tissue infection |
Osteoblastic activity |
Nuclear medicine |
Fischman AJ |
|
Infectious disease
Musculoskeletal
Inflammatory
|
| Soft tissue infection |
Soft tissue inflammation |
MRI
Nuclear medicine |
Fischman AJ
Palmer W
Rosenthal DI
|
|
Infectious disease
Musculoskeletal
Inflammatory
|
