Two-phase whole-body skeletal scintigraphy in children—revisiting the usefulness of the early blood pool phase
- Resource Type
- Review Paper
- Authors
- Kwatra, Neha; Shalaby-Rana, Eglal; Majd, Massoud
- Source
- Pediatric Radiology. October 2013 43(10):1376-1384
- Subject
- Marrow infiltration
Blood pool imaging
Pediatric
Tc-99m MDP
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
1432-1998
The usefulness of whole-body blood pool imaging as part of Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate (MDP) skeletal scintigraphy in detection of marrow infiltrative processes and unexpected soft-tissue and visceral abnormalities is demonstrated via illustrative case examples. Technical aspects of this simple and fast scanning technique are also highlighted.