A large retrospective single-centre study to define the best image acquisition protocols and interpretation criteria for white blood cell scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes in musculoskeletal infections

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1760-1769

  Glaudemans, Andor W J M ^a   De Vries, Erik F J ^a   Vermeulen, Liliane E M ^a   Slart, Riemer H J A ^a   Dierckx, Rudi A J O ^a   Signore, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dual time point imaging; Infection imaging; Interpretation criteria; Orthopaedic infections; White blood cell scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WHITE BLOOD CELL SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84885423620     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2481-0     Document Type: Article

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