OBJECTIVES: A Phase III randomized trial was designed to assess the effectiveness of
samarium-153 ( 153 Sm)-lexidronam for palliation of bone pain in patients with hormone-…

The rapid emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the risk–benefit calculus of many
activities, including the practice of medicine. COVID-19 is caused by a single-strand RNA …

The purpose of this review was to evaluate the accuracy of SPECT in acute pulmonary
embolism. Sparse data are available on the accuracy of SPECT based on an objective reference …

The modern era of radionuclide imaging and therapy is well into its seventh decade. During
this era, many national and international textbooks have been published in an attempt to …

Uptake in nonosseous, nonurologic tissues is occasionally found in the performance of
bone scintigraphy. Proper interpretation of these cases depends on identifying the involved …

For the past 4 decades, ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scan interpretation for pulmonary
embolism (PE) was performed using probability-based assessments, which were neither well-…

Perfusion lung imaging for diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) was introduced 50 y ago (1).
At that time, it offered a noninvasive alternative to pulmonary angiography in patients with …

Background The symptoms of normal pregnancy overlap those of pulmonary embolism (PE).
Limited literature suggests that low-dose perfusion scanning (LDQ), which yields lower …

Digital storytelling was used in a high school classroom in the Midwestern USA as a part of
the curriculum for “non-university-bound” rural youth. Though described as “unengaged”, in …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to determine whether the radiation exposure to
patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) could be decreased by safely increasing …