Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) is frequently performed in nuclear medicine to evaluate gastric motility (1). GES is accomplished by radiolabeling the solid or liquid component of a meal and then ...

Zaid Al-faham, John N. Rydberg and Ching-Yee Oliver Wong ...

SPECT produces nuclear medicine images using a 3-dimensional diagnostic tool that eliminates the superimposition of adjacent structures, thus providing improved disease localization. Another method of ...

The combined supine–prone imaging protocol for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging offers significant advantages over supine imaging alone. By comparing supine and prone images, one can distinguish ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 has made an impact on the operation of healthcare organizations. HIPAA includes five titles and these regulations are complex.

Mandibular condylar hyperplasia (CH) is a complex developmental deformity resulting in asymmetries of the hyperplastic condyle. Bone scan SPECT is a sensitive and accurate method of detecting the ...

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application ...

Imaging of brain β-amyloid plaques with 18 F-labeled tracers for PET will likely be available in clinical practice to assist the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD). With the rapidly growing ...

Cross-use of technology between nuclear medicine and radiology technologists is expanding. The growth of PET/CT and the increasing use of intravenous contrast agents during these procedures bring the ...

Diuretic renal scintigraphy plays a critical diagnostic role by providing a physiologic means for differentiating between obstructive and nonobstructive hydronephrosis and by assessing the function of ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology May 2025, jnmt.124.269335; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.124.269335 ...

The sample size was chosen by conservatively estimating that 5% of individuals undergoing a cardiac perfusion study at our institution had a true focal perfusion defect. We calculated the sample size ...