Skeletal SPECT/CT of the peripheral extremities -interdisciplinary approach in orthopaedic disorders-first clinical results

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-510

  Wuest, Wolfgang ^a   Kuwert, Torsten ^a   Grunewald, Markus ^a   Bautz, Werner ^a   Forst, Raimund ^a   Mauerer, Andreas ^a   Linke, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Hybrid imaging; Image fusion; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34848909829     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-007-0049-8     Document Type: Article

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