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bone imaging

bone imaging

Methods of investigating bone diseases. These include X rays and the use of radioactive isotopes (radionuclides) which concentrate in bone, giving off radiation that can be detected. Modern techniques of radionuclide scanning, using a GAMMA CAMERA can be more sensitive, and safer, than X-rays. See also BONE SCANNING.
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(1) Computed tomography (CT) has traditionally been considered the standard for bone imaging due to the high contrast between bone and surrounding soft tissues.
Pediatric bone imaging: imaging elbow trauma in children--a review of acute and chronic injuries.
Macleod MA, Houston AS: Functional bone imaging in the detection of ischemic osteopathies.
The diagnostic value of Tc-99m diphosphonate bone imaging in transient osteoporosis of the hip.
Padhani, "Bone imaging in prostate cancer: the evolving roles of nuclear medicine and radiology," Clinical and Translational Imaging, vol.
Radionuclide and Hybrid Bone Imaging. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; 2012:29-57.
As reported above, bone imaging of elderly people was used in our study; we evaluated CT images from healthy persons and the position of the proximal femoral screw was determined automatically from the program.
As part of the study, 200 of the men were given bone imaging tests before and at the end of treatment.
Bone imaging studies showed two small focal lesions in left distal index and little fingers.
A magnetic resonance imaging scan showed soft tissue swelling on the anterior lateral part of the left hip joint [Figure 1], and the bone imaging of [sup]99m Tc-methylene diphosphonate presented the high radioactive uptake on the left femoral head edge, proximal femur, and adjacent soft tissue.
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