Comparison of planar scintigraphy alone and with SPECT for the initial evaluation of femoral neck stress fracture

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1010-1015

  Bryant, L Ray ^a   Song, Won S ^a,b   Banks, Kevin P ^a   Bui Mansfield, Liem T ^a,b   Bradley, Yong C ^a,b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral neck; Hip; Nuclear medicine; Planar scintigraphy; SPECT; Sports medicine; Stress fractures

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURES, STRESS; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 53249115565     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3592     Document Type: Article

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