title: The use of radionuclide bone and joint imaging in arthritic and related diseases.
abstract: Patients with arthritic complaints are seen frequently by podiatrists, who must establish a differential diagnosis. When combined with the patient's history, physical examination, joint aspiration, laboratory data, and radiographs, bone and joint scans provide a sensitive and objective means of arriving at an accurate diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007596:Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008722:Methods; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013585:Synovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes