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Figure 4

From: Clinical significance of quantitative bone SPECT/CT in the evaluation of hand and wrist pain in patients with rheumatic disease

Figure 4

Representative xSPECT images (A), (B) for differentiating RA from FM using the highest SUVs in the hand and wrist joints. A maximum intensity projection (A) image of an 86-year-old female with RA, showing a summed hSUV of 19.6 in the PIP, MCP, and wrist joints. A maximum intensity projection (B) image of a 30-year-old female showing a low summed SUV of 5.1 at all joint levels. The patient was diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

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