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Nuclear Medicine of the Spinetable patterns of increased tracer uptake that are characteristic of the underlying disease process. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the spine shows greater lesion contrast than planar studies .. SPECT images are also easier to correlate with other tomographic-based studies, su

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