Radionuclide Bone Imaging: An Illustrative Review

Radiographics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-358

  Love, Charito ^a   Din, Anabella S ^a   Tomas, Maria B ^a   Kalapparambath, Tomy P ^a   Palestro, Christopher J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone neoplasms, secondary, 40.33; Bones, infection, 40.21; Bones, radionuclide studies, 40.1216, 40.12172; Radionuclide imaging, 40.1216, 40.12172; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, 40.565; Spondylolysis, 30.42; Trauma, 40.41

Indexed keywords

ETIDRONIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANATOMY; ARTIFACT; ATHLETE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE INJURY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FASCIITIS; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY; INFECTION; LIVER METASTASIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PERFUSION; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLINT; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; VEIN OCCLUSION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; BONE; BONE DISEASE; BONE TUMOR; METASTASIS; SCINTISCANNING;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIPHOSPHONATES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0038207716     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.232025103     Document Type: Review

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