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Bone Scanning in Clinical Practice
Ignac . Ed(S): Fogelman
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paperback. Editor(s): Fogelman, Ignac. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJM; MMP; MNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 695.
The most frequently requested investigation in any nuclear medicine department remains the technetium-99m (99mTc)-labelled diphosphonate bone scan. Despite rapid advances in all imaging modalities. there has been no serious challenge to the role of bone scanning in the evaluation of the skeleton. The main reason for this is the exquisite sensitivity of the bone scan for lesion detection. combined with clear visualisation of the whole skeleton. In recent years several new diphosphonate agents have become available with claims for superior imaging of the skeleton. Essentially. they all have higher affinity for bone. thus allowing the normal skeleton to be visualised ... Read more
The most frequently requested investigation in any nuclear medicine department remains the technetium-99m (99mTc)-labelled diphosphonate bone scan. Despite rapid advances in all imaging modalities. there has been no serious challenge to the role of bone scanning in the evaluation of the skeleton. The main reason for this is the exquisite sensitivity of the bone scan for lesion detection. combined with clear visualisation of the whole skeleton. In recent years several new diphosphonate agents have become available with claims for superior imaging of the skeleton. Essentially. they all have higher affinity for bone. thus allowing the normal skeleton to be visualised ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447114093
SKU
V9781447114093
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