(v) Basic science: nuclear medicine in skeletal imaging

Summary

Radiopharmaceutical agents are used for a variety of diagnostic purposes; their application to musculoskeletal imaging provides a powerful diagnostic tool for the detection and analysis of abnormal bone metabolism.

Keywords: Nuclear medicine, Musculoskeletal, Physics

a Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK

b Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK

c John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Corresponding author. Tel.: +441865227337; fax: +441865227347.

PII: S0268-0890(05)00010-1

doi:10.1016/j.cuor.2005.01.009

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