Feasibility of NaF PET/CT and MRI for Noninvasive In Vivo Quantification of Knee Pathophysiological Bone Metabolism in a Canine Model of Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis

Purpose: To assess and quantify by molecular imaging knee osseous metabolic changes serially in an in vivo canine model of posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) of the knee utilizing sodium fluoride (Na 18 F) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) coregistered with magnetic resona...

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Main Authors: Maria I. Menendez DVM, PhD, Bianca Hettlich DrMedVet, Lai Wei PhD, Michael V. Knopp MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-07-01
Series:Molecular Imaging
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1536012117714575