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Author:   Yong-Whee Bahk
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 5th ed. 2017
Weight:   2.555kg
ISBN:  

9789811096983

ISBN 10:   9811096988
Pages:   722
Publication Date:   05 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction and fundamentals of pinhole scintigraphy.- Dual-head planar pinhole scan, pinhole SPECT, and gamma correction pinhole scan of the bone.- Clinical applications.- Normal pinhole scintigraphic anatomy of bones and joints.- Normal variants and artifacts.- Infective and inflammatory diseases of the bone.- Noninfective osteitides.- Diseases of joints and soft-tissue infections.- Degenerative joint diseases.- Rheumatoid arthritis.- Seronegative spondyloarthropathies.- Other rheumatic osteoarthropathies and soft-tissue rheumatism syndromes.- Osteochondroses and related diseases.- Vascular bone disorders.- Metabolic bone diseases and drug-induced osteoporosis.- Traumatic, surgical, and sports injuries of the skeleton.- Malignant tumors of the bone.- Benign tumors and tumorous conditions of the bone.- Soft-tissue tumors and tumor-like conditions.- Otorhinological disorders.- PET-CT in bone and joint diseases.- A genetic consideration of skeletal disorders.- Gamma correction pinhole bone scan diagnosis.- Trabecular Microfracture and Micro contusion.- Appendix: Basic physics of pinhole scintigraphy.

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This is a good overview of musculoskeletal nuclear medicine and plain film correlation, with excellent chapter structure, readability and excellent insights into the foundation techniques. (RAD Magazine , September, 2018) Professor Bahk's successful book, Combined Scintigraphic and Radiographic Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Diseases, has contributed to the practical recognition of nuclear medicine imaging as an everlasting `seeing is believing' type of science. ... Combined Scintigraphic and Radiographic Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Diseases will be helpful and useful to practitioners and researchers in nuclear medicine, radiology, orthopedic surgery, pathology, anatomy, and the imaging sciences for the improved diagnosis of variable bone and joint diseases. (E. Edmund Kim, Journal of Nuclear Medicine JNM, December, 2018)

Author Information

Yong-Whee Bahk, Professor Emeritus, M.D., Ph.D.Department of Nuclear Medicine and RadiologyThe Catholic University of Korea School of MedicineSeoulSouth Korea

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