Bloodpool SPECT as part of bone SPECT/CT in painful total knee arthroplasty (TKA): validation and potential biomarker of prosthesis biomechanics.

Jolien VerschuerenAdrien AlbertLaurens CarpSarah CeyssensIvan HuygheSigrid StroobantsFrédéric PaychaGopinath GnanasegaranTim Van den Wyngaert

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)

Bloodpool SPECT outperforms planar assessment of painful TKAs and the identification of distinct uptake patterns make it a potentially clinically relevant biomarker of prosthesis survival and biomechanical functioning.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
pet ct
total hip
bone mineral density
image quality
contrast enhanced
dual energy
soft tissue