Evaluation of patients with painful total hip arthroplasty using combined single photon emission tomography and conventional computerized tomography (SPECT/CT) – a comparison of semi-quantitative versus 3D volumetric quantitative measurements

Abstract Background It was the primary purpose of our study to evaluate the inter- and intra-observer reliability of a standardized SPECT/CT algorithm for evaluating patients with painful primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). The secondary purpose was a comparison of semi-quantitative and 3D volumet...

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Main Authors: Emilienne Barthassat, Faik Afifi, Praveen Konala, Helmut Rasch, Michael T. Hirschmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Medical Imaging
Subjects:
Hip
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12880-017-0204-x