Useful Lateral Views of Sacrococcygeal Region in Skeletal Scintigraphy.
- Author:
Minki YOON
1
;
Wonsick CHOE
;
Kyung Hoon HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. wchoe@gilhospital.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Lateral view;
Tail-on-detector view;
Sacrum;
Coccyx;
Tc-99m MDP;
Skeletal scintigraphy
- MeSH:
Coccyx;
Humans;
Korea;
Radionuclide Imaging*;
Sacrococcygeal Region*;
Sacrum;
Supine Position;
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
- From:Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2005;39(3):209-211
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A tail-on-detector (TOD) view has been used to see the symphysis pubis or sacrococcyx in skeletal scintigraphy, but it is inconvenient to acquire because a patient must sit or lean on a detector. The TOD views are still frequently performed in training hospitals in Korea, although it is becoming almost impossible to sit on a camera in this age of dual-headed cameras. The authors show cases with lateral views obtained in supine position that were acquired for the same reason; they are easier and more useful than the TOD views.
