Quality of planar whole-body bone scan interpretations - A nationwide survey

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1464-1472

  Sadik, May ^a   Suurkula, Madis ^a   Höglund, Peter ^b   Järund, Andreas ^c   Edenbrandt, Lars ^a,d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c EXINI Diagnostics AB   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Breast cancer; Inter observer variation; Prostate cancer; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTATE CANCER; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

BONE NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 48149106769     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0721-5     Document Type: Article

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