Scintigraphy
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More Specific Terms
- 2,6-dimethylimminodiacetic acid [HIDA] scan (hepatobiliary scan, cholescintigraphy)
- captopril scan (ACE inhibitor renography)
- cardiac scintigraphy (cardiac radionuclide imaging)
- DPTA/hippuran renal scan
- gallium scan
- gastric scintigraphy (gastric emptying study)
- Indium (111In)-leukocyte scintigraphy
- indium-labeled WBC scan
- liver-spleen scan
- lymphoscintigraphy
- myocardial perfusion & viability scintigraphy
- N-p-isopropylacetanilide-imminodiacetic acid [PIPIDA] scan
- pyrophosphate scan
- radioactive iodine uptake (RAIU) test
- radionuclide ventriculography (RVG, MUGA)
- somatostatin receptor scintigraphy
- Tc-99m labeled erythrocyte scan
Introduction
- A diagnostic test in which a radioactive substance is injected into the bloodstream & the emitted radioactivity is detected by a scanner; used to visualize the heart or other organ(s) & vessels.
More General Terms
References
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- Procedure guideline for general imaging. (Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc) ngc-guideline: [1]
- Procedure guideline for bone scintigraphy. (Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc) ngc-guideline: [2]
- Procedure guideline for brain death scintigraphy. (Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc) ngc-guideline: [3]
- Procedure guideline for breast scintigraphy. (Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc) ngc-guideline: [4]
- Procedure guideline for lung scintigraphy. (Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc) ngc-guideline: [5]
- Procedure guideline for parathyroid scintigraphy. (Society of Nuclear Medicine, Inc) ngc-guideline: [6]
- ACR-SNM-SPR practice guideline for the performance of gastrointestinal scintigraphy. American College of Radiology (ACR) Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) ngc-guideline: [7]
- ACR-SPR practice guideline for the performance of tumor scintigraphy (with gamma cameras). American College of Radiology (ACR) Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) ngc-guideline: [8]
