Nuclear medicine methods for evaluation of skeletal infection among other diagnostic modalities

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-192

  El Maghraby, T A F ^a,b   Moustafa, H M ^a   Pauwels, E K J ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gallium; Infections; Labelled white blood cells; Magnetic resonance imaging; Monoclonal antibodies; Osteomyelitis; Peptides

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN F 18; CIPROFLOXACIN TC 99M; FANOLESOMAB TC 99M; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; INDIUM CHLORIDE IN 111; INFECTON; LEUKOCYTE IN 111; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NANOCOLL TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; STRONTIUM 89; SULESOMAB TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE BIOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VACCINATION;

BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33750463722     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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