SPECT/CT using 67Ga and 111In-labeled leukocyte scintigraphy for diagnosis of infection

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 587-594

  Bar Shalom, Rachel ^a,b   Yefremov, Nikolay ^a   Guralnik, Luda ^a   Keidar, Zohar ^a,b   Engel, Ahuva ^a,b   Nitecki, Samy ^a,b   Israel, Ora ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gallium scintigraphy; Infection; Labeled leukocyte scintigraphy; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67; INDIUM 111; GALLIUM; INDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHILD; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745078721     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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