PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Clement J. Stankiewicz
AU  - John L. Giga
AU  - Robert F. Carretta
TI  - Hepatic Scintiangiography: The Technical Side of the Story
DP  - 1977 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 155--157
VI  - 5
IP  - 3
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/5/3/155.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/5/3/155.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1977 Sep 01; 5
AB  - Different techniques to obtain the most accurate and reliable method of proper patient positioning for hepatic scintiangiograms were investigated by this clinic. Neither the sole use of a lead-strip marker, palpation, nor percussion of the liver demonstrated enough accuracy for the proper patient positioning necessary to achieve a diagnostic liver flow study. Our experience, however, shows that the use of a flood tank for transmission scanning and a lead-strip rib marker for body landmark identification provides accurate, proper patient positioning.