Pitfalls and Limitations of Radionuclide Planar and Hybrid Bone Imaging

The radionuclide 99mTc-MDP bone scan is one of the most commonly performed nuclear medicine studies and helps in the diagnosis of different pathologies relating to the musculoskeletal system. With its increasing utility in clinical practice, it becomes more important to be aware of various limitations of this imaging modality to avoid false interpretation. It is necessary to be able to recognize various technical, radiopharmaceutical, and patient-related artifacts that can occur while carrying out a bone scan.

Source: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine - August 14, 2015 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Kanhaiyalal Agrawal, Fahad Marafi, Gopinath Gnanasegaran, Hans Van der Wall, Ignac Fogelman Source Type: research