Factors influencing bone scan quality

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1983 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:European Journal of Nuclear Medicine, volume 8 (issn: 0340-6997, eissn: 1619-7089,

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Authors: F G, Adams; A W, Shirley;

doi: 10.1007/bf00252942

pmid: 6653601

Factors influencing bone scan quality

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Abstract

A reliable subjective method of assessing bone scan quality is described. A large number of variables which theoretically could influence scan quality were submitted to regression and factor analysis. Obesity, age, sex and abnormality of scan were found to be significant but weak variables.

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University of Glasgow
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Western Infirmary
United Kingdom
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
United Kingdom

Keywords

Male, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Humans, Regression Analysis, Female, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Radionuclide Imaging, Bone and Bones

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