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FIGURE 1. Normal 18F-fluoride PET skeletal findings for patients aged 5 y (A), 11 y (B), 15 y (C), 19 y (D), and 30 y (E). Pattern of 18F– uptake in skeleton is similar to pattern seen with more familiar 99mTc-labeled bisphosphonate bone scans and illustrates changes that occur with maturation of skeleton. Compared with 99mTc-MDP SPECT, 18F-fluoride bone PET provides higher-quality images, better ratios of bone uptake to soft-tissue uptake, and shorter studies. MIP = maximum-intensity projection.
