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Nuclear Medicine Artifacts

Richard P. Dittrich  1 , Yuvraj S. Chowdhury  2
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan.
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Nuclear Medicine Artifacts

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Excerpt

Artifacts in nuclear medicine are abnormalities that misrepresent a physiological process or anatomical structure as pathological, excluding normal or abnormal variants. The reporting physician must recognize these artifacts to differentiate them from true representations or variants. Artifacts may lead to false positives, false negatives, or obscure results. The imaging interpreter should verify the nature of the artifacts, and additional clinical information or further examination may be needed to determine the cause and correct it if needed.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: Richard Dittrich declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Disclosure: Yuvraj Chowdhury declares no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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