title: Imaging: radioisotope imaging of bone.
abstract: Isotope bone scanning is here to stay: it is noninvasive, easy to perform, and economical (6 pounds per scan). The low radiation dose delivered to patients (0.03 rad/mCi to the skeleton) and the high sensitivity (less than 4 per cent of overall false positives) underline the value of this test as a screening procedure. When included in the patient's management protocol it reduces bed-occupancy time, changes the therapeutic approach to several illnesses, and substantiates general hopes that early diagnosis is the basis for progress in the treatment of benign or malignant disease.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging