Diagnostic imaging of the diabetic foot

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Ranachowska, Celina ^a   Lass, Piotr ^a   Korzon Burakowska, Anna ^a   Dobosz, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Charcot neuro osteoarthropathy; CT; Diabetic foot; MRI; PET; Radiography; Radionuclide imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ETIDRONIC ACID TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; BLOOD VESSELS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 78650730987     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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