Bone scan Bone imaging is a study to visually detect bone abnormalities. Such imaging studies include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray computed tomography (CT) and especially nuclear medicine.

All 35 patients were referred for evaluation of suspected bone sarcomas. In addition to PET, the patients underwent standard evaluation, which included chest x-ray, chest CT, technetium bone scan ...

At present, the burden of bone metastases in prostate cancer is estimated from bone scans that use preinjected technetium-99m.

In contrast to Technetium-99m (Tc-99m), which has been the only approved radioactive tracer for bone scans, Sodium Fluoride F18 is not subject to the supply problems that have led to recent ...

Each week day throughout the United States, health centers typically perform some 7,500 or more bone scans using a nuclear isotope, technetium-99m, to search for areas of rapid bone growth, which ...

Which is your favourite chemical element? To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, our science journalists will be arguing for their pick from the 118 known elements. In this instalment, ...

Head-to-head comparison of 68 Ga-PSMA-11 PET with 99 mTc-MDP bone scan for detection of bone disease in patients with prostate cancer with biochemical progression during ADT: A single center ...

The aBSI product is vendor neutral stand-alone software as a medical device which calculates the automated bone scan index in Technetium-99m bone scintigraphy. aBSI received FDA clearance in 2019 ...

A federal judge wants to know more about a bone-scanning facility that measured the lead in Flint residents’ bodies before making a final decision on whether to approve a historic $641-million ...

The FDA has approved a New Drug Application from NCI for a new strength of a previously approved drug, Sodium Fluoride F18, for use in bone scans. In contrast to Technetium-99m, which has been the ...