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Bone Scanning in Clinical Practice

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Ignac Fogelman

    1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Bone Scan—Historical Aspects

    • I. Fogelman
    Pages 1-6

  3. 99mTc Diphosphonate Uptake Mechanism on Bone

    • M. D. Francis, I. Fogelman
    Pages 7-17

  4. The Normal Bone Scan

    • M. V. Merrick
    Pages 19-29

  5. 99mTc Diphosphonate Bone-scanning Agents

    • I. Fogelman
    Pages 31-40

  6. Bone Scanning in Metastatic Disease

    • J. H. McKillop
    Pages 41-60

  7. The Bone Scan in Primary Bone Tumours and Marrow Disorders

    • J. H. McKillop
    Pages 61-72

  8. The Bone Scan in Metabolic Bone Disease

    • I. Fogelman
    Pages 73-87

  9. The Bone Scan in Paget’s Disease

    • I. Fogelman
    Pages 89-104

  10. The Role of Bone Scanning, Gallium and Indium Imaging in Infection

    • K. Mido, D. A. Navarro, G. M. Segall, I. R. McDougall
    Pages 105-120

  11. The Bone Scan in Traumatic and Sports Injuries

    • P. Matin
    Pages 121-132

  12. The Bone Scan in Arthritis

    • L. Rosenthall
    Pages 133-150

  13. The Bone Scan in Avascular Necrosis

    • L. Rosenthall
    Pages 151-174

  14. Orthopaedic Applications of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomographic Bone Scanning

    • B. D. Collier
    Pages 175-187

  15. The Bone Scan in Paediatrics

    • I. Gordon, A. M. Peters
    Pages 189-209

  16. Soft Tissue Uptake of Bone Agents

    • H. W. Gray
    Pages 211-235

  17. Quantitative 99mTc Diphosphonate Uptake Measurements

    • M. L. Smith
    Pages 237-248

  18. Measurements of Bone Mineral by Photon Absorptiometry

    • H. W. Wahner
    Pages 249-256

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 257-260
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About this book

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 all the more clearly. However. as will be dis­ cussed. this may occur at some cost to the principal role of bone scanning. lesion detection. The major strength of nuclear medicine is its ability to provide functional and physiological information. With bone scanning this leads to high sensitivity for focal disease if there has been any disturbance of skeletal metabolism. However. in many other clinical situations. and particularly in metabolic bone disease. more generalised alteration in skeletal turnover may occur. and quantitation of diphosphonate uptake by the skeleton can provide valuable clinical information.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

    Ignac Fogelman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bone Scanning in Clinical Practice

  • Editors: Ignac Fogelman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1407-9

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-1409-3Published: 28 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-1407-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 260

  • Topics: Nuclear Medicine, Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Oncology

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