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Clinical Nuclear Medicine
The Basics
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
Tomographic imaging using an external x-ray
source to produce three dimensional anatomic
images.
The Background
Bone Imaging
Imaging in Infection
Oncology Imaging
Sentinel Node Localization
I131 Body Imaging
General Nuclear Medicine Imaging
SPECT-guided low-dose CT: Indications (general) :
Indications (specific)
Differentiation between
malignancy and benign changes
with SPECT/CT in a patient with
thyroid cancer who underwent
131I whole-body imaging to
assess for residual recurrent
disease. Anterior(a) and
posterior (b) 131I scans show
focal activity in the right
suprarenal region. Coronal (c)
and axial (d) SPECT/CT images
show that the uptake is located in
the renal collecting system
(arrow),consistent with
physiologic urinary activity, and
not recurrence of disease.
Thyroid Cancer