Image acquisition and interpretation criteria for 99mTc-HMPAO- labelled white blood cell scintigraphy: Results of a multicentre study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 615-623

  Erba, Paola A ^a   Glaudemans, Andor W J M ^b   Veltman, Niels C ^c   Sollini, Martina ^d   Pacilio, Marta ^e   Galli, Filippo ^e   Dierckx, Rudi A J O ^b   Signore, Alberto ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infection imaging; Scintigraphy; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA CAMERA; HIP PROSTHESIS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; KNEE PROSTHESIS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HIP PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84897023042     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2631-4     Document Type: Article

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