The use of image registration in the analysis of bone scans for the assessment of temporomandibular joint uptake

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-60

  Tindale, W B ^a   Martel, A L ^a   Barber, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACE ASYMMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032968944     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199901000-00009     Document Type: Article

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