The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회지)

The Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine (대한핵의학회)
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Useful Lateral Views of Sacrococcygeal Region in Skeletal Scintigraphy

천미골을 보기에 유용한 뼈스캔 측부영상

  • 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)
  • 윤민기 (가천의대 길병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 최원식 (가천의대 길병원 핵의학과) ;
  • 황경훈 (가천의대 길병원 핵의학과)
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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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.

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