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SPECT/CT-plethysmography – non-invasive quantitation of bone and soft tissue blood flow

Lior Dayan1 email, Zohar Keidar2 email, Ora Israel2 email, Victor Milloul3 email, Johnathan Sachs2 email and Giris Jacob4 email

Ortopedic B and Recanati Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

Nuclear Medicine department, Rambam Health Care Campus & The Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel

Rambam Health Care Campus & The Technion Faculty of Medicine – IIT, Haifa, Israel

Director, J. Recanati Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Medicine A, Rambam Health Care Campus & The Technion Faculty of Medicine – IIT, Haifa, Israel

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008, 3:36doi:10.1186/1749-799X-3-36

Published: 18 August 2008

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Additional file 1:

Clinical characteristics of subjects (presented as mean ± SEM).

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Additional file 2:

Raw data extracted from SPECT/CT. Volumes (in ml) and scintigraphic readings (in counts) of total "cylinder" and bone. RUL-right upper limb, LUL-left upper limb, RLL-right lower limb, LLL-left lower limb. VL and RL-entire "cylinder" volume and counts, respectively. VS and RS, volume and counts of soft tissue, respectively. VB and RB, volume and counts of bone compartment, respectively. Data is expressed as mean ± SEM.

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Additional file 3:

Blood flow measurements, resistance and ratios. Blood flow units are expressed in ml/100 ml tissue·min-1 units. RUL-right upper limb, LUL-left upper limb, RLL-right lower limb, LLL-left lower limb. FL-total limb blood flow, FB-bone blood flow, FS blood flow in the soft tissue compartment. Data is expressed as mean ± SEM.

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