Radionuclide imaging in the diagnosis and management of orthopaedic disease.
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
; 20(3): 151-9, 2012 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22382287
ABSTRACT
Nuclear medicine imaging is often used in the diagnosis and management of several orthopaedic conditions. Bone scintigraphy measures gamma ray emission to detect the distribution of an injected radiolabeled tracer on multiple image projections. In general, this imaging modality has relatively high sensitivity but low specificity in the diagnosis of occult fractures, bone tumors, metabolic bone disease, and infection. Positron emission tomography measures tissue metabolism and perfusion by detecting short half-life positron ray emission of an injected radiopharmaceutical tracer. Historically, positron emission tomography has been used only to monitor bone metastasis and aid in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis; however, this technology has recently been applied to other orthopaedic conditions for which current imaging modalities are insufficient.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bone Diseases
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Fractures, Bone
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Am Acad Orthop Surg
Journal subject:
ORTOPEDIA
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States