Open AccessEfficacy of SPECT over planar bone scan in the diagnosis of solitary vertebral lesions in patients with low back pain
Author(s) -
Pushpalatha Sudhakar,
AnshuRajnish Sharma,
ShantiM Bhushan,
G Ranadhir,
G Narsimuhulu,
Vv.S Prabhakar Rao
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.72685
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , bone scintigraphy , magnetic resonance imaging , low back pain , osteoid osteoma , nuclear medicine , osteoma , pathology , alternative medicine
The purpose of our study has been to evaluate the efficacy of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) over planar bone scan in identifying solitary vertebral lesions in patients with low backache and its ability to differentiate various pathologies according to the uptake pattern.