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PET-CT Animal Model for Surveillance of Embedded Metal Fragments, Pilot Study.


PB2013103479

Publication Date 2012
Page Count 32
Abstract The purpose of the pilot study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of small animal Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) in identifying metabolic changes in muscle tissue surrounding simulated shrapnel injuries and compare this imaging to traditional x-ray images.
Keywords
  • Positron emission tomography
  • Metals
  • Ammunition fragments
  • Wounds and injuries
  • Embedding
  • Images
  • Metabolism
  • Military medicine
  • Muscle tissue
  • Sensitivity
  • Shrapnel
Source Agency
  • TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, MD.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 201308
PET-CT Animal Model for Surveillance of Embedded Metal Fragments, Pilot Study.
PET-CT Animal Model for Surveillance of Embedded Metal Fragments, Pilot Study.
PB2013103479

  • Positron emission tomography
  • Metals
  • Ammunition fragments
  • Wounds and injuries
  • Embedding
  • Images
  • Metabolism
  • Military medicine
  • Muscle tissue
  • Sensitivity
  • Shrapnel
  • TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
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