The optimized evaluation of diabetic foot infection by dual isotope SPECT/CT imaging protocol

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 529-536

  Heiba, Sherif I ^a   Kolker, Dov ^a   Mocherla, Bharat ^a   Kapoor, Karan ^a   Jiang, Manli ^a   Son, Hongju ^a   Rangaswamy, Balasubramanya ^a   Kostakoglu, Lale ^a   Savitch, Ina ^a   DaCosta, Maria ^a   Machac, Josef ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone biopsy; Osteomyelitis; Peripheral neuropathy; Positron emission tomography; Scan

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE IN 111; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

DIABETIC FOOT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958489697     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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