Skeletal nuclear medicine

Joseph S. Fotos, Michael Goldenberg, Mark Tulchinsky

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

Bone scan or bone scintigraphy (BS) is among the earliest diagnostic applications in nuclear medicine imaging that remains useful today. Current bone-seeking radiotracers can be divided into those emitting gamma rays (imaged with gamma cameras) and those emitting positrons (imaged with PET/CT). Bone scanning can be useful in many clinical scenarios including trauma, infection, arthritis, and osseous metastatic disease.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationRadiology Fundamentals: Introduction to Imaging & Technology
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages281-286
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783030221737
ISBN (Print)9783030221720
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.

Keywords

  • Bone scan
  • Indium 111
  • Osteoblastic
  • SPECT/CT
  • Three-phase

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