Imaging of A Single Malignant Osseous Involvement by F-18 NaF PET/CT
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Since the introduction of Tc-99m methylene diphosphonate (Tc-99m MDP) for bone imaging in 1971 by Subramanian and McAfee, bone scans have become one of the most widely used investigations in nuclear medicine for malignant osseous involvement.1 After its introduction by Blau et al in 1962, F-18 NaF was recognized as an excellent radiopharmaceutical for skeletal imaging, several decades before the introduction of the PET system.2,3
In the early 1990s, Phelp et al used F-18 NaF as a model for the development of whole body PET because of the favorable skeletal kinetics of F-18 NaF.3 It was reported that F-18 NaF PET/CT improved the clinician’s ability to identify the presence and extent of bone metastases.3 We report our rst experience using this technique in localizing a single skeletal metastasis at Siriraj Hospital.
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