A Comparison of Whole-Body TurboSTIR MR Imaging and Planar 99mTc-Methylene Diphosphonate Scintigraphy in the Examination of Patients with Suspected Skeletal Metastases

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1655-1661

  Eustace, Stephen ^a   Tello, Richard ^a   DeCarvalho, Victor ^a   Carey, John ^a   Wroblicka, Joseph T ^a   Melhem, Elias R ^a   Yucel, E Kent ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 0031303233     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.169.6.9393186     Document Type: Article

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