Appropriate use criteria (AUC) for bone scintigraphy to aid in the diagnosis of bone metastases in cancer patients have been issued by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in ...

We may encounter diverse bone and joint injuries specific to athletes, ranging from stress fractures and inflammation to infections & traumas. Undoubtedly, early diagnosis and treatment are pivotal ...

Phase III Study of the Value of Thalidomide Added to Melphalan Plus Prednisone in Elderly Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: The HOVON 49 Study Women with suspected MBC evaluated with PET ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 68-year-old woman initially presented with intermittent abdominal pain and persisting left hip pain. She gave ...

A 70-year-old woman receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy for sarcoidosis presented with hip pain. She underwent whole-body technetium 99m methylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphy to exclude ...

Health-related quality of life after IMRT or IMRT+ HDR brachytherapy for intermediate or high-risk prostate cancer: Five-year results of a prospective trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

MRI has become the radiologic procedure of choice for the diagnosis of meniscal tears. Recently SPECT also has been used for assessment of knee pathologies and has been documented to have a higher ...

Correspondence to: Dr R Bhatt, Department of Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, United Kingdom. Objective—To correlate bone scintigraphy and histopathological findings ...

Recent advancements in deep learning have significantly transformed the field of nuclear medicine, specifically in the detection and analysis of bone metastases via scintigraphy. By leveraging ...

Reston, VA—A new study has determined that approximately three percent of all bone scan patients have markers of cardiac amyloidosis, which can lead to heart failure and increased mortality. Published ...

This article, the second in a five-part series on nuclear medicine imaging, explains how bone scintigraphy works and what precautions are required when it is used Nuclear medicine provides imaging ...