PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Francesca Betti
AU  - Luca Antonacci
AU  - Duccio Volterrani
TI  - Artifact from <sup>131</sup>I-Contaminated Mask in Postradioiodine Therapy Scintigraphy
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.121.262438
DP  - 2021 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 356--357
VI  - 49
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/49/4/356.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/49/4/356.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2021 Dec 01; 49
AB  - A patient wearing the mandatory face mask because of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic underwent postradioiodine therapy scintigraphy. The spot view of the neck showed an area of uptake that was later demonstrated to be caused by contamination of the mask. This finding has led to updating the scan procedure for posttherapy scintigraphy by replacing the patients’ masks before the scan acquisition.