Radionuclide imaging of musculoskeletal infection: Conventional agents

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-352

  Palestro, Christopher J ^a,b,c   Love, Charito ^a  

^a North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Diabetic foot infection; Gallium; Leukocyte imaging; Osteomyelitis; Prosthetic joint infection

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; INDIUM 111;

BONE INFECTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

DIABETIC FOOT; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 40949090605     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1060336     Document Type: Review

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