Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography findings in spondylodiscitis: Preliminary results

European Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 534-539

  Schmitz, A ^a   Risse, J ^b   Grunwald F ^b   Gassel, F ^a   Biersack, H ^a   Schmitt, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Nuclear medicine; Procedure; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035715081     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860100339     Document Type: Article

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