Usefulness of single photon emission computed tomography imaging in the detection of lumbar vertebral metastases from prostate cancer

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 516-519

  Nozaki, Tetsuo ^a   Yasuda, Kenji ^a   Akashi, Takuya ^a   Fuse, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone metastasis; Bone single photon emission computed tomography; Degenerative joint disease; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE METASTASIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44049089693     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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