Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in trauma patients with suspected chronic osteomyelitis

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 704-714

  Hartmann, Anna ^a   Eid, Karim ^a   Dora, Claudio ^b   Trentz, Otmar ^a   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   Stumpe, Katrin D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Appendicular skeleton; Axial skeleton; Chronic osteomyelitis; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; BONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247582371     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0290-4     Document Type: Article

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