Comparison of bone single-photon emission tomography and planar imaging in the detection of vertebral metastases in patients with back pain

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 635-638

  Han, L J ^a   Au Yong, T K ^a   Tong, W C M ^a   Chu, K S ^a   Szeto, L T ^a   Wong, C P ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Planar imaging; Single photon emission tomography; Vertebral metastases

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE METASTASIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031833855     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050266     Document Type: Article

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