OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the additional value of Tc 99m HMPAO white blood cell (WBC) SPECT for bone and soft tissue infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-eight patients with suspected bone and joint infection were included in the study. Patients were assigned into 2 groups according to the presence of orthopedic implants. All patients had multiphase bone ...

The shape space considered in this article consists of surfaces embedded $$\mathbb {R}^3$$ , that are decorated with curves. It is a special case the Fréchet manifolds nonlinear flags, i.e. nested submanifolds fixed type. gauge invariant elastic metric on involves mean curvature and normal deformation, sum difference principal curvatures $$\kappa _1,\kappa _2$$ . proposed metrics curves involve...