Usefulness of Bone SPECT/CT for Predicting Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head in Children with Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis or Femoral Neck Fracture.

Yoo Sung Song Won Woo Lee Moon Seok Park Nak Tscheol Kim Ki Hyuk Sung

Published in: Korean journal of radiology (2022)

Quantitative bone SPECT/CT is useful for evaluating femoral head viability in pediatric patients with SCFE or femoral neck fractures. Clinicians should consider the high possibility of later AVN development in patients with a decreased mean SUV ratio.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
bone mineral density
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
pet ct
bone loss
soft tissue
young adults
bone regeneration
positron emission tomography
palliative care
postmenopausal women
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
mass spectrometry
hip fracture