Solitary hot spots in the ribs on bone scan: Value of thin-section reformatted computed tomography to exclude radiography-negative fractures

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-474

  Niitsu, Mamoru ^a   Takeda, Tohoru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone metastasis; Bone scintigraphy; CT; Fracture; Rib

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTIGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; HOTSPOTS; RIB; RIB FRACTURES; THIN-SECTIONS; WHOLE-BODY BONE;

FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURE; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0041704852     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00002     Document Type: Article

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