RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Technical Errors in Planar Bone Scanning
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 148
OP 153
VO 32
IS 3
A1 Sleiman Y. Naddaf
A1 B. David Collier
A1 Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar
A1 Magdy M. Khalil
YR 2004
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/32/3/148.abstract
AB Optimal technique for planar bone scanning improves image quality, which in turn improves diagnostic efficacy. Because planar bone scanning is one of the most frequently performed nuclear medicine examinations, maintaining high standards for this examination is a daily concern for most nuclear medicine departments. Although some problems such as patient motion are frequently encountered, the degraded images produced by many other deviations from optimal technique are rarely seen in clinical practice and therefore may be difficult to recognize. The objectives of this article are to list optimal techniques for 3-phase and whole-body bone scanning, to describe and illustrate a selection of deviations from these optimal techniques for planar bone scanning, and to explain how to minimize or avoid such technical errors.