Ga-67 and CT fusion imaging of an infected aortic graft

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-43

  London, Kevin ^a   Howman Giles, Robert ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic graft; CT; Gallium scan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; SACROILIITIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37549051701     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31815c50eb     Document Type: Article

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