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. 2016 Aug;43(9):1723-38.
doi: 10.1007/s00259-016-3415-4. Epub 2016 Jun 4.

The EANM practice guidelines for bone scintigraphy

T Van den Wyngaert  1   2 , K Strobel  3 , W U Kampen  4 , T Kuwert  5 , W van der Bruggen  6 , H K Mohan  7 , G Gnanasegaran  8 , R Delgado-Bolton  9 , W A Weber  10 , M Beheshti  11 , W Langsteger  11 , F Giammarile  12 , F M Mottaghy  13   14 , F Paycha  15 ; EANM Bone & Joint Committee and the Oncology Committee
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The EANM practice guidelines for bone scintigraphy

T Van den Wyngaert et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

Purpose: The radionuclide bone scan is the cornerstone of skeletal nuclear medicine imaging. Bone scintigraphy is a highly sensitive diagnostic nuclear medicine imaging technique that uses a radiotracer to evaluate the distribution of active bone formation in the skeleton related to malignant and benign disease, as well as physiological processes.

Methods: The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) has written and approved these guidelines to promote the use of nuclear medicine procedures of high quality.

Conclusion: The present guidelines offer assistance to nuclear medicine practitioners in optimizing the diagnostic procedure and interpreting bone scintigraphy. These guidelines describe the protocols that are currently accepted and used routinely, but do not include all existing procedures. They should therefore not be taken as exclusive of other nuclear medicine modalities that can be used to obtain comparable results. It is important to remember that the resources and facilities available for patient care may vary.

Keywords: Bone SPECT/CT; Bone disease; Bone scan; Bone scintigraphy.

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Normal whole-body scan. Scintigraphic criteria allowing assessment of the quality and interpretability of a whole-body scan
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