18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET for patients with suspected spondylitis showing modic change

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 26, 2010, Pages

  Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Suzuki, Munetaka ^a   Koshi, Takana ^a   Yamashita, Masaomi ^a   Yamauchi, Kazuyo ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Orita, Sumihisa ^a   Eguchi, Yawara ^a   Kuniyoshi, Kazuki ^a   Ochiai, Nobuyasu ^a   Kishida, Shunji ^a   Takaso, Masashi ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro ^a   Arai, Gen ^a   Miyagi, Masayuki ^a   Kamoda, Hiroto ^a   Suzuki, Miyako ^a   Nakamura, Junichi ^a   Toyone, Tomoaki ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   more..

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose; biopsy; infection; Modic; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MODIC CHANGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYOGENIC SPONDYLITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPONDYLITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISKITIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 78650938456     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d254b4     Document Type: Article

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