Determination of bone mineral content in the heel bone using a gamma camera.
An easy to use and low cost technique for determination of the bone mineral content in the heel bone using an unmodified gamma camera is described. The method uses two small flood phantoms with 125I and 99Tcm, respectively. The precision, when measured on 12 healthy volunteers, was 2.1% and a long-term reproducibility in vitro of 1.8% was obtained on phantoms.
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Department of Clinical Physiology, Norra Alvsborgs Länssjukhus, Trollhättan, Sweden.
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results