PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Leo R. LaRocque
TI  - Whole-Body I-131 Metastatic Survey as an Aide in Determining Functional Thyroid Metastases
DP  - 1979 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 36--39
VI  - 7
IP  - 1
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/7/1/36.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/7/1/36.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1979 Mar 01; 7
AB  - Whole-body metastatic survey scans are performed in order to determine the extent of metastases, the quality of tumor uptake, and whether the patient will benefit from therapeutic doses of radioiodine. Periodic whole-body scans also help to evaluate the success of radioiodine therapy or the necessity to repeat therapeutic treatments. Using a dual-probe rectilinear scanner and supplementing with scintillation camera images, we have found this procedure useful in detecting metastatic and focal thyroid cancer.