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Tc-99m MDP Bone Scan

This section covers nuclear imaging of bones and joints.  

Protocol

Donohoe KJ et al. Society of Nuclear Medicine Procedure Guideline for Bone Scintigraphy. Version 3.0. Hosted by SNM. 2003. 

Literature for MDP Bone Scan

General Reviews

Love C et al. Radionuclide Bone Imaging: An Illustrative Review. RadioGraphics 2003; 23:341–358. 

Naddaf SY et al. Technical Errors in Planar Bone Scanning. J Nucl Med Technol 2004; 32(3):148-153.



Nikpoor N. Scintigraphy of the Musculoskeletal System. Chapter 2. 17-33.

Osteomyelitis & Painful Prosthetic Imaging

van der Bruggen W et al. PET and SPECT in Osteomyelitis and Prosthetic Bone and Joint Infections: A Systematic Review. Sem Nuc Med. 2010; 40:3-15. (PubMed link)

Palestro CJ et al. Nuclear medicine of the painful joint replacement. Applied Radiology 2006: 22-32.

Love C et al. Role of Nuclear Medicine in Diagnosis of the Infected Joint Replacement. 
RadioGraphics 2001; 21:1229 –1238. 

Cancer Imaging

Hricak H et al. Imaging Prostate Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Radiographics 2007; 243(1).

Iqbal B et al. The Incremental Value of SPECT/CT in Characterizing Solitary Spine Lesions. J Nucl Med Technol 2011; 39(3):201-207.

Even-Sapir E et al. The Detection of Bone Metastases in Patients with High-Risk Prostate Cancer: 99mTc-MDP Planar Bone Scintigraphy, Single- and Multi-Field-of-View SPECT, 18F-Fluoride PET, and 18F-Fluoride PET/CT. J Nucl Med 2006; 47:287–297. 



Interesting Case Reports

Rager O et al. SPECT-CT Assessment of Pseudarthrosis after Spinal Fusion: Diagnostic Pitfall due to a Broken Screw. Case Reports in Orthopedics. 2013.

Rager O et al. SPECT/CT in Differentiation of Pseudarthrosis From Other Causes of Back Pain in Lumbar Spinal Fusion: Report on 10 Consecutive Cases. Clin Nucl Med 2012. 37(4): 339-343. 

Literature for NaF Bone PET/CT Scan

General Reveiws

Grant FD et al. Skeletal PET with 18F-Fluoride: Applying New Technology to an Old Tracer. J Nucl Med 2008; 49:68–78.

Interesting Case Reports

Quon A et al. Initial investigation of 18F-NaF PET/CT for identification of vertebral sites amenable to surgical revision after spinal fusion surgery. EJNMMI. 2012.


Presentations

"Review of Nuclear and PET Imaging in Suspected MSK Infections" by Niraj R. Patel, MD (PDF file)
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