MATERIALS AND METHODS A wide spectrum of SDTs had occurred inadver tently as a
result of heavy workloads. This made it possible for us to carry out a retrospective analysis of …

Clinical variability in the quality of bone scans led to an evaluation of the effect of incubation
time on the bone scanning agent as it affects the background quality of the scan. Results of …

In the December 1976 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, McCormick,
Sinclair, and Wahner have reported on the chromatographic quality and clinical correlation …

Full text: The quality of bone images obtained at 2 or 3 hours following administration of {sup
99m} Tc methylene diphosphonate (MDP) was compared with that of {sup 99m} Tc …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Male volunteers (N= 5) served as normal con trol subjects.
They were 31-42 years of age, had normal renal function as measured by BUN, and had no …

The discovery of a number of phosphate complexes labelled with 99Tcm that localize in
bone has aroused wide-spread interest in bone scanning. The physiological properties of …

Bone scans of 35 patients were evaluated as to the quality and the number of bone lesions
that could be detected at studies 2 hours and 3 hours after injection of Tc-99m HDP. It was …

Thirty patients had bone scintigraphy with both Tc-99m pyrophosphate (Tc-PPi) and Tc-99m
diphosphonate (Tc-HEDP). The images were given a composite rating for quality and the …

METHODS Patients. Patients undergoing skeletal imaging as part of diagnostic workups
were asked to participate in the jaw survey. Twenty-five patients consented including 24 …

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