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Quality of Bone Scans Compared with Time Between Dose and Scan

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Majic S. Potsaid. Nuclear Medicine Div., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114.

ABSTRACT

The usual time interval between the administration of technetium-labeled bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals and imaging varies among nuclear-medical departments. Pharmacokinetic data indicate that the interval could be as short as 2 hr. We have studied overall quality of bone detail in 280 bone scans performed at intervals varying from 2 to 5 hr following injection of technetium-99m diphosphonate. No significant qualitative difference was found between the studies performed at 2 hr and those done at later intervals.

FOOTNOTES

^* Active Duty U.S. Army.