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Sodium 18F-fluoride PET/CT of bone, joint, and other disorders
- Source :
- Seminars in nuclear medicine. 45(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- The use of 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) with positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasing. This resurgence of an old tracer has been fueled by several factors including superior diagnostic performance over standard 99mTc-based bone scintigraphy, growth in the availability of PET/CT imaging systems, increase in the number of regional commercial distribution centers for PET radiotracers, the recent concerns about potential chronic shortages with 99mTc based radiotracers, and the recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reimburse for 18F-NaF PET/CT for evaluation of patients with known or suspected bone metastases through the National Oncologic PET Registry. The major goal of this article is to review the current evidence on the diagnostic utility of 18F-NaF in the imaging assessment of bone and joint in a variety of clinical conditions.
- Subjects :
- PET-CT
medicine.medical_specialty
Fluorine Radioisotopes
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business.industry
Economic shortage
Article
Tomography x ray computed
Bone scintigraphy
Positron emission tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography
Medicine
Humans
Sodium Fluoride
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiology
Ct imaging
Bone Diseases
Joint Diseases
business
18f fluoride
Nuclear medicine
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15584623
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Seminars in nuclear medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cbde53cda241581fba9858ffb3c22da4