99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte scintigraphy in patients with symptomatic total hip or knee arthroplasty: Improved diagnostic accuracy by means of semiquantitative evaluation

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 438-444

  Pelosi, Ettore ^a   Baiocco, Cinzia ^a   Pennone, Michele ^a   Migliaretti, Giuseppe ^a   Varetto, Teresio ^a   Maiello, Agostino ^a   Bellò, Marilena ^a   Bisi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

99mTc labeled leukocytes; Hip prosthesis; Infection radionuclide imaging; Knee prosthesis

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 2342459028     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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