We may encounter diverse bone and joint injuries specific to athletes, ranging from stress fractures and inflammation to infections & traumas. Undoubtedly, early diagnosis and treatment are pivotal ...

Leukocyte scintigraphy is a noninvasive imaging technique that quantifies inflammation. This technique can differentiate Crohn's disease from ulcerative colitis, it could potentially verify the ...

Mediastinal tumor size and response to chemotherapy are the only prognostic factors in supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin's disease treated by ABVD plus radiotherapy: ten-year results of the ...

Phase III Comparison of Vitespen, an Autologous Tumor-Derived Heat Shock Protein gp96 Peptide Complex Vaccine, With Physician's Choice of Treatment for Stage IV Melanoma: The C-100-21 Study Group Well ...

Correspondence to: Dr R Bhatt, Department of Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Leicester LE1 5WW, United Kingdom. Objective—To correlate bone scintigraphy and histopathological findings ...

The authors discuss gamma scintigraphy as a technique for in vivo evaluation of drugs and delivery systems. The radionuclide is incorporated into the formulation using an appropriate radiolabeling ...

Infectious endocarditis (IE) represents a severe medical condition marked by infectious inflammation of the heart's inner ...

Share on Pinterest A study of bone scans is helping scientists determine the prevalence of cardiac amyloidosis. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) causes ...

Objective: To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) for the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected and diagnosed coronary ...

This article, the second in a five-part series on nuclear medicine imaging, explains how bone scintigraphy works and what precautions are required when it is used Nuclear medicine provides imaging ...

The radioligand was labeled with 111 In and was administered intravenously (90 MBq) during a 5-minute period. 4 Whole-body planar imaging and single-photon-emission CT (SPECT) imaging of the abdomen ...