Dual time point imaging of FDG PET/CT in a tuberculous spondylodiscitis

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Abdul Razak, H R ^a,b   Abdul Rahim, N ^c   Nordin, A J ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c Hospital Serdang   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dual time point imaging; FDG; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSOAS ABSCESS; REMISSION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77957364992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.6.2.e18     Document Type: Article

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