Diagnosis of infected total knee arthroplasty with anti-granulocyte scintigraphy: the importance of a dual-time acquisition protocol

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-335

  Rubello, Domenico ^a   Rampin, Lucia ^a   Banti, Elena ^a   Massaro, Arianna ^a   Cittadin, Silvia ^b   Cattelan, Anna Maria ^b   Al Nahhas, Adil ^b  

^a S MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti granulocyte scintigraphy; Dual time acquisition; Infection; Knee prosthesis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SULESOMAB TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43149094222     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f401d6     Document Type: Article

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