"Patients undergoing bone scintigraphy (a nuclear medicine bone scan) may present with high ... With the help of machine-learning algorithms, automated detection of cardiac amyloidosis based ...

A nuclear medicine ... scan and then zeroes in for more detail in those areas with the CT scan. But it’s a tradeoff: It gives your doctor more information but exposes you to more radiation. Bone ...

What Is a Nuclear Bone Scan? A nuclear bone scan is a medical test that uses a small amount of radioactive material to check the condition of your bones. It’s also known as skeletal scintigraphy.

A nuclear medicine bone scan can be performed at a radiology out patient facility. After the radioactive substance has been administered, the patient will wait 3 to 4 hours for the substance to ...

If indicated, a computed tomography (CT) scan (which is not a nuclear medicine imaging modality – see part 1) is sometimes also performed to help with anatomical localisation. When a hospitalised ...

A new study, published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, is designed to determine the occurrence of cardiac amyloidosis in the general population through bone scans and to examine its impact on ...