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Useful Lateral Views of Sacrococcygeal Region in Skeletal Scintigraphy  

Yoon, Min-Ki (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center)
Choe, Won-Sick (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center)
Hwang, Kyung-Hoon (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon Medical School Gil Medical Center)
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The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine / v.39, no.3, 2005 , pp. 209-211 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Lateral view; Tail-on-detector view; Sacrum; Coccyx; Tc-99m MDP; Skeletal scintigraphy;
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