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Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Thoracic Sports Injuries

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Nuclear medicine imaging of the thorax may be helpful to the clinician to assess sports-related trauma. For this purpose bone scintigraphy, in combination with a SPECT-CT, can help the physician examine bone injuries with a high sensitivity such as fractures, stress fractures, and bone bruise. A new technique which needs further investigation is the use of sodium fluoride (NaF) PET scanning.

Thus far, lung scintigraphy has not been proven to be of use in assessing sports-related injuries to the lungs.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Martini Hospital Groningen, Van Swietenplein 1, Groningen, 9728 NT, The Netherlands

    K. P. Koopmans MD, PhD

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Rudi A.J.O. Dierckx

  3. Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium

    Jan L.M.A. Gielen

  4. Exercise and Health, Center for Sports Medicine, University Center for Sport, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Johannes (Hans) Zwerver

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Koopmans, K.P. (2015). Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Thoracic Sports Injuries. In: Glaudemans, A., Dierckx, R., Gielen, J., Zwerver, J. (eds) Nuclear Medicine and Radiologic Imaging in Sports Injuries. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46491-5_15

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