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It does NOT compete with FDG-PET/CT, ...
editBut instead with sodium fluoride PET. A bone scan is clearly less expensive than PET but it is WAY less sensitive as shown in the comparative example here, where one patient was scanned with sodium fluoride PET and HDP for a bone scan & SPECT. One lesion in SPECT, 3 in PET. --Hg6996 (talk) 16:36, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
The Nuclear gamma camera does not give off radiation it detects radiation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.68.253.3 (talk) 13:18, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
History?
editHow long has this been used? How was it tested for safety? ---Ransom (67.91.216.68 (talk) 18:23, 7 January 2013 (UTC))
Blausen image
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Blausen Medical has donated the image to the right showing how a patient is oriented in a bone scintigraphy machine and the result. Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 01:11, 10 August 2013 (UTC)