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  • Skeletal Imaging

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  • Radionuclide bone scans are essential in skeletal nuclear medicine.
  • Bone scintigraphy is a sensitive imaging technique using radiotracers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide guidelines for high-quality nuclear medicine procedures.
  • To assist practitioners in optimizing bone scintigraphy diagnosis and interpretation.

Main Methods:

  • Development and approval of guidelines by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).

Main Results:

  • Guidelines promote standardized, high-quality nuclear medicine procedures.
  • Protocols for routine bone scintigraphy are described.

Conclusions:

  • Guidelines aid in optimizing diagnostic procedures and interpretation of bone scintigraphy.
  • Current protocols are presented, acknowledging other valid nuclear medicine modalities.
  • Practitioner awareness of varying resources and facilities is important.