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Dynamic Imaging of the Spleen

LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Correspondence: For reprints contact: A. D. Waxman, Nuclear Medicine Section, LAC/USC Medical Center, 1200 North State St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90033.

ABSTRACT

Dynamic spleen imaging using a radiocolloid and an Anger camera has enabled us to evaluate the hepatic border of the spleen more accurately than if only static projections were done. This is due to the predominately venous blood supply of the liver while the spleen is supplied by arterial means. Also, certain avascular defects are shown more clearly when an appropriate flow study is done. The procedure is noninvasive and can be done as part of the routine static evaluation of the spleen.