Quantitative [18F]-Naf-PET-MRI Analysis for the Evaluation of Dynamic Bone Turnover in a Patient with Facetogenic Low Back PainNathaniel W. Jenkins 1, Claudia Iriondo 1,2, Vinil Shah 1, Emma Bahroos 1, Vahid Ravanfar 1,1, Melanie Regan 1, Youngho Seo 1, William P. Dillon 1, Sharmila Majumdar 1, Jason F. Talbott 1,3
1Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 2UCSF/UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California San Francisco, 3Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Imaging techniques that reflect dynamic bone turnover may aid in characterizing a wide range of bone pathologies. We present detailed methodologies for performing and analyzing dynamic [18F]-NaF-PET-MRI data in a patient with facetogenic low back pain using the lumbar facet joints as a prototypical region of interest.
