Combined single-photon emission computerized tomography and conventional computerized tomography (SPECT/CT): Clinical value for the knee surgeons?

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-345

  Hirschmann, Michael T ^a,b   Iranpour, Farhad ^b   Davda, Kinner ^b   Rasch, Helmut ^c   Hügli, Rolf ^c   Friederich, Niklaus F ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Bruderholz ^*  (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High tibial osteotomy; Knee; SPECT CT; Total knee replacement; Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77951296835     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-009-0879-9     Document Type: Article

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