Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , January 2001

Importance of positioning and technical factors in anatomic localization of sporting injuries in scintigraphic imaging

  • Hans Van der Wall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Concord Hospital, Concord, Australia
    • Department of Nuclear Diagnostics, Sydney, Australia
    • Nuclear Medicine Research Foundation, Sydney, Australia.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hans Van der Wall, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Concord Hospital, Concord 2139, Australia.
    • ,
  • Geoffrey Storey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Concord Hospital, Concord, Australia
    • Department of Nuclear Diagnostics, Sydney, Australia
    • Nuclear Medicine Research Foundation, Sydney, Australia.
    • ,
  • Clayton Frater

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Concord Hospital, Concord, Australia
    • Department of Nuclear Diagnostics, Sydney, Australia
    • Nuclear Medicine Research Foundation, Sydney, Australia.
    • ,
  • Provan Murray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Concord Hospital, Concord, Australia
    • Department of Nuclear Diagnostics, Sydney, Australia
    • Nuclear Medicine Research Foundation, Sydney, Australia.

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doi: 10.1053/snuc.2001.18740

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 17-27 , January 2001

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