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19801218

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Bone scintigraphy is one of the most common investigations performed in nuclear medicine and is used routinely in the evaluation of patients with cancer for suspected bone metastases and in various benign musculoskeletal conditions. Innovations in equipment design and other advances, such as single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT), and SPECT/CT have been incorporated into the investigation of various musculoskeletal diseases. Bone scans frequently show high sensitivity but specificity, which is variable or limited. Some of the limited specificity can be partially addressed by a thorough knowledge and experience of normal variants and common patterns to avoid misinterpretation. In this review, we discuss the common patterns, variants, artifacts, and pitfalls in conventional radionuclide planar, SPECT, and hybrid bone (SPECT/CT) imaging.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1558-4623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
380-95
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Patterns, variants, artifacts, and pitfalls in conventional radionuclide bone imaging and SPECT/CT.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. gopinath.gnanasegaran@gstt.nhs.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review