The role of nuclear medicine in clinical investigation

[...]patients who would benefit from such a procedure are not referred. Summary points Myocardial perfusion imaging has strong prognostic value Lung scintigraphy is a simple non-invasive method for detecting pulmonary embolism Bone scans are useful in assessing benign and malignant bone lesions Radi...

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Published in:BMJ 1998-04, Vol.316 (7138), p.1140-1146
Main Authors: Prvulovich, E M, Bomanji, J B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bone Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Breast cancer
Breasts
Cancer therapies
Cardiomyopathies - diagnostic imaging
Cardiovascular disease
Clinical Review
Coronary vessels
Defects
Electrocardiography
Embolisms
Endocrine System Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Heart attacks
Humans
Hyperthyroidism
Infection - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Mammography
Medical imaging
Medicine
Mental Disorders - diagnostic imaging
Metastasis
Mortality
Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Nuclear Medicine
Pain
Radioisotopes - therapeutic use
Radionuclide Imaging
Thyroid cancer
Tomography
Tumors
Ventilation
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Summary:[...]patients who would benefit from such a procedure are not referred. Summary points Myocardial perfusion imaging has strong prognostic value Lung scintigraphy is a simple non-invasive method for detecting pulmonary embolism Bone scans are useful in assessing benign and malignant bone lesions Radioisotope renal imaging is useful for detecting renal outflow obstruction, cortical scarring, and renovascular dysfunction Imaging with radiolabelled white cells can detect occult infection and monitor inflammatory bowel disease Thyroid scintigraphy is most commonly used to assess the nature of a thyroid nodule Nuclear medicine techniques in oncology can localise primary tumours, delineate extent of disease, and monitor response to treatment Radionuclide treatment is used in hyperthyroidism, thyroid cancer, palliation of bone pain, and neural crest tumours Methods The published articles reviewed here were chosen primarily for the clarity and simplicity with which they describe the role of nuclear medicine techniques in specific fields.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.316.7138.1140