TABLE 1

A Protocol for Digital 3-Phase Planar Bone Scanning

Intravenous dose of ^99mTc-MDP or -HDP			Acquisition phase
Adult	Child	Flow	Blood pool	2- to 4-h delayed*
740–1,110 MBq (20–30 mCi)	9.25 MBq/kg (250 μCi/kg)	Low-energy all-purpose (or high-resolution) collimator	Low-energy all-purpose (or high-resolution) collimator	Low-energy high-resolution collimator
		20% energy window centered at 140 keV 128 × 128 matrix 2–5 s/frame for 60 s	256 × 256 matrix 60-s images	256 × 256 matrix 150 to 1,000 kcts, depending on body part (Table 2) For limited studies on patients with localized pain, acquisition of at least 1 view to include major joints proximal and distal to the painful site