title: [Scintigraphic procedures in internal medicine--indications, limits, possibilities].
abstract: Scintigraphy continues to play an important diagnostic role in internal medicine. Many diagnostic questions can only be answered with scintigraphic methods. The application of specific radiopharmaceutical tracers offers the unique possibility to visualize ongoing functional changes, associated with diseases concerning internal medicine. The diagnostic potential of modern scintigraphic procedures such as PET for internal medicine is not yet sufficiently used and will continue to grow with hybrid systems, such as PET-CT and SPECT-CT.
authors.affiliation: Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, München. a.drzezga@lrz.tum.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drzezga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stahl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wieder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meisetschläger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Souvatzoglou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheidhauer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwaiger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D004064:Digestive System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006413:Hematopoietic System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010000:Osteitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon