title: Nuclear medicine approaches to musculoskeletal disease. Current status.
abstract: With the advent of bone scintigraphy, physicians achieved earlier detection of metastatic disease. In the prior two decades, bone imaging has expanded into the realm of tomography (SPECT, PET), and diverse clinical applications, including trauma, grafts, benign disease, and tumor imaging.
authors.affiliation: University of California-Davis.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Vande Streek
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Carretta
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Weiland
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon