Abstract Number: 2002 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Baseline 18F Sodium Fluoride Uptake of Vertebral Bodies but Not Vertebral Corners on Positron Emission Tomography Is Associated with Changes in Bone Mineral Density at Lumbar Vertebrae in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A 1-Year Longitudinal Study
Background/Purpose: 18F sodium fluoride (NaF) positron emission tomography (PET) allows quantitative assessment of osteoblastic bone synthesis in specific skeletal sites. Previous studies showed that increased…