16-MDCT in the detection of occult wrist fractures: A comparison with skeletal scintigraphy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1470-1474

  Groves, Ashley M ^a   Cheow, Heok ^a   Balan, Kottekkattu ^a   Courtney, Helen ^a   Bearcroft, Philip ^a   Dixon, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; WRIST FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAPHOID BONE; SCINTISCANNING; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCAPHOID BONE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 19844366222     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.5.01841470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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