RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hepatic Scintiangiography: The Technical Side of the Story
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 155
OP 157
VO 5
IS 3
A1 Stankiewicz, Clement J.
A1 Giga, John L.
A1 Carretta, Robert F.
YR 1977
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/5/3/155.abstract
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.