Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 3-16 , January 2001

The role of single photon emission computed tomography in bone imaging

  • Ismet Sarikaya

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland Medical System, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Trakya University Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ismet Sarikaya, MD, University of Maryland Medical System, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, 22 South Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201.
    • ,
  • Ali Sarikaya

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland Medical System, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Trakya University Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
    • ,
  • Lawrence E. Holder

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland Medical System, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Trakya University Medical Faculty, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Edirne, Turkey

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