This very practical "how-to" guide comprehensively covers both the common and less common pathologies affecting the paediatric skeleton. It provides clear explanations of the materials and instrumentation, as well as teaching points, technical comments, discussions, and the avoidance of pitfalls. The images presented here have been produced using whole-body scanning, gamma-camera, high-resolution spot images, pinhole and SPECT, as well as three-phase bone scans - each procedure backed by indications for its use. These 350 illustrations thus allow the paediatrician, orthopaedic surgeon, radiologist and nuclear medicine physician a comparison with their own images as well as with the "normal" images presented in the authors' companion volume, Atlas of Bone Scintigraphy in the Developing Paediatric Skeleton.
For departments where paediatric bone scans are carried out infrequently, this atlas will prove to be a crucial reference for the radiologist, nuclear medicine physician and orthopaedic surgeon. They will be able to compare any particular scan of their own with the variations of normality presented here. Additionally, important advice is given to ensure high quality bone scan images so as to allow better differentiation. Should be on the shelf of any department which undertakes bone scintigraphy in children.
This very practical "how-to" guide comprehensively covers both the common and less common pathologies affecting the paediatric skeleton. It provides clear explanations of the materials and instrumentation, as well as teaching points, technical comments, discussions, and the avoidance of pitfalls. The images presented here have been produced using whole-body scanning, gamma-camera, high-resolution spot images, pinhole and SPECT, as well as three-phase bone scans - each procedure backed by indications for its use. These 350 illustrations thus allow the paediatrician, orthopaedic surgeon, radiologist and nuclear medicine physician a comparison with their own images as well as with the "normal" images presented in the authors' companion volume, Atlas of Bone Scintigraphy in the Developing Paediatric Skeleton.
For departments where paediatric bone scans are carried out infrequently, this atlas will prove to be a crucial reference for the radiologist, nuclear medicine physician and orthopaedic surgeon. They will be able to compare any particular scan of their own with the variations of normality presented here. Additionally, important advice is given to ensure high quality bone scan images so as to allow better differentiation. Should be on the shelf of any department which undertakes bone scintigraphy in children.
Radioisotope bone scans of the paediatric skeleton form part of the daily routine in departments of radiology and nuclear medicine. Indications for performing bone scintigraphy include infection, trauma, primary bone tumours and malignancy, while other conditions such as avascular necrosis and certain dysplasias also warrant its use. When children present with symptoms such as limp or backache and the diagnosis is uncertain, a bone scan is required to exclude the skeleton as a source of the symptoms. This atlas is a crucial reference work and belongs especially on the shelf of all radiology, nuclear medicine, and orthopaedic departments where paediatric bone scans are performed only infrequently, since it allows the examining physician to compare any particular bone scan with a whole range of normal variations. It also provides important advice on ensuring bone scan images are of high quality, which will permit better differentiation between normal and abnormal findings.
For departments where paediatric bone scans are carried out infrequently, this atlas will prove to be a crucial reference for the radiologist, nuclear medicine physician and orthopaedic surgeon. They will be able to compare any particular scan of their own with the variations of normality presented here. Additionally, important advice is given to ensure high quality bone scan images so as to allow better differentiation. Should be on the shelf of any department which undertakes bone scintigraphy in children.
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