Published August 1978 | Version v1
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Bone scintigraphy

Creators

  • 1. Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town (South Africa). Dept. of Nuclear Medicine

Description

With the advent of short half-life bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals and of high-speed, total body imaging apparatus, the skeletal scintigram has become an important clinical tool. Strontium-87m, fluorine 18 and Technetium-99m, labelled phosphate complexes have emerged as the most suitable. This review article discusses the uses of bone scanning in the study of various skeletal and other diseases, e.g. congenital, metabolic and vascular

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
A review

Publishing Information

Journal Title
S. Afr. J. Hosp. Med.
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
8
Series
S. Afr. J. Hosp. Med.
Journal Page Range
215-228

INIS

Country of Publication
South Africa
Country of Input or Organization
South Africa
INIS RN
10473476
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CARCINOMAS; CONGENITAL DISEASES; FLUORINE 18; METABOLIC DISEASES; METASTASES; OSTEODENSITOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCINTISCANNING; SKELETAL DISEASES; STRONTIUM 87; TECHNETIUM 99; VASCULAR DISEASES
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES