Scintigraphy (from Latin scintilla, "spark"), also known as a gamma scan, is a diagnostic test in nuclear medicine, where radioisotopes attached to drugs...

A bone scan or bone scintigraphy /sɪnˈtɪɡrəfi/ is a nuclear medicine imaging technique of the bone. It can help diagnose a number of bone conditions, including...

heart with variable perfusion. Planar techniques, such as conventional scintigraphy, are rarely used. Rather, single-photon emission computed tomography...

gastric reflux, or suspected gastroparesis amongst other indications. Scintigraphy that uses gamma cameras to create two-dimensional images is generally...

diagnose spondylolysis. Common imaging techniques include X-ray, MRI, Bone Scintigraphy (Bone Scan), and Computed Tomography (CT Scan).[citation needed] X-rays...

needed] There are several techniques of diagnostic nuclear medicine. 2D: Scintigraphy ("scint") is the use of internal radionuclides to create two-dimensional...

Sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy A nuclear medicine parathyroid scan demonstrates a parathyroid adenoma adjacent to the left inferior pole of the thyroid...

Cholescintigraphy or hepatobiliary scintigraphy is scintigraphy of the hepatobiliary tract, including the gallbladder and bile ducts. The image produced...

A SAP scan is a type of nuclear medicine imaging test which uses iodine-123 (123I) and serum amyloid P component (SAP) to diagnose amyloidosis. In patients...

An octreotide scan is a type of SPECT scintigraphy used to find carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and to localize sarcoidosis. It is also called...

called a V/Q lung scan, or ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy, is a type of medical imaging using scintigraphy and medical isotopes to evaluate the circulation...

radiation emitting radioisotopes, a technique known as scintigraphy. The applications of scintigraphy include early drug development and nuclear medical imaging...

Lung scintigraphy evaluating lung cancer...

Radioisotope renography Sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy Radioactive iodine uptake test Bone scintigraphy Immunoscintigraphy Dacryoscintigraphy DMSA scan...

Spondyloarthritis Other names Spondyloarthropathy Bone scintigraphy made with 99mTc demonstrating the highly enhanced tumor borders and the left elbow...

but are less able to detect spread outside the prostate than MRI. Bone scintigraphy is used to test for spread of cancer to bones. After diagnosis, the tumor...

radiotracers like DTPA, MAG3 are used. Nuclear medicine "Renal Cortical Scintigraphy (DMSA scan) Clinical Guidelines" (PDF). BNMS. 2011. Retrieved 11 June...

of 123iodine-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) shown on myocardial scintigraphy; and loss of atonia during REM sleep evidenced on polysomnography. Supportive...

The indium white blood cell scan is a nuclear medicine procedure in which white blood cells (mostly neutrophils) are removed from the patient, tagged with...

establishment of new, fully functional bone tissue. In the early stages, bone scintigraphy and MRI are the preferred diagnostic tools. X-ray images of avascular...

Medical ultrasonography/ultrasound, computed axial tomography (CT), scintigraphy (nuclear medicine), angiography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)....

Pulmonary hypertension (PH or PHTN) is a condition of increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Symptoms include shortness of breath, fainting...

ultrasound and other radiological techniques to localise and guide biopsy. Scintigraphy, single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission...

from essential tremor. Iodine-123-meta-iodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy can help locate denervation of the muscles of the heart which can support...

compared to VQ scanning. A ventilation/perfusion scan (or V/Q scan or lung scintigraphy) shows that some areas of the lung are being ventilated but not perfused...

synovitis (for example, signal intensity of adjacent bone marrow). Skeletal scintigraphy can be entirely normal in transient synovitis, and scintigraphic findings...

Dacryoscintigraphy (DSG), also known as lacrimal scintigraphy, is a nuclear medicine technique for imaging the lacrimal apparatus. It is used to identify...

treated, and earlier detection through advanced imaging techniques like scintigraphy can keep at-risk horses off the track. Thoroughbred breeding theories...

stages: no LGE, subendocardial LGE, and full-thickness (transmural) LGE. Scintigraphy can be used to measure the extent and distribution of the amyloid throughout...

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