Facet joint arthropathy demonstrated on FDG-PET

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 418-419

  Houseni, Mohamed ^a   Chamroonrat, Wichana ^a   Zhuang, Hongming ^a,b   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet joint; FDG PET; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTHRITIS; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE;

EID: 33748177286     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000223155.73661.f1     Document Type: Article

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