Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Rheumatic Diseases.
- Author:
Yun Young CHOI
1
;
Ji Young KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Rheumatic diseases; Whole body bone scan; Thee phase bone scan; SPECT/CT; PET/CT
- MeSH: Diagnostic Imaging; Metabolism; Nuclear Medicine*; Positron-Emission Tomography; Positron-Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography; Rheumatic Diseases*; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
- From:Journal of Rheumatic Diseases 2017;24(1):4-13
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The rapid development of medical imaging technologies has greatly enhanced the utility of nuclear medicine imaging modalities over the last decade. Hybrid imaging technology merging computed tomography (CT) with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET) allows superimposing the physiologic data obtained by SPECT or PET on the detailed anatomy of CT, yielding a better understanding of the disease status and improving diagnostic performance. However, the conventional whole body bone scan and three phase bone scan still have their own distinct role as diagnostic imaging, reflecting the changes of bone metabolism in benign and malignant diseases, including rheumatic diseases. A review of each nuclear medicine imaging technique and clinical applications in various conditions of rheumatic diseases will be presented in this article.
