Bone scanning
- 1 May 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 48 (569), 327-351
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-48-569-327
Abstract
The discovery of a number of phosphate complexes labelled with 99Tcm that localize in bone has aroused wide-spread interest in bone scanning. The physiological properties of these and other clinically useful bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals are compared, and their physical properties assessed in relation to the characteristics and limitations of available detector systems. A hypothesis is put forward to explain the behaviour of the technetium-labelled agents.Keywords
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