Use of Tc-99m HMPAO leukocyte scans to evaluate bone infection: Incremental value of additional SPECT images

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 519-526

  Weon, Young Cheol ^a   Yang, Seoung Oh ^b   Choi, Yun Young ^c   Shin, Jung Woo ^a   Ryu, Jin Sook ^a   Shin, Myung Jin ^a   Lee, Soo Ho ^a   Lee, Hee Kyung ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Leukocyte Scan; SPECT; Tc 99m HMPAO

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0343191648     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200007000-00006     Document Type: Article

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