[Procedure guideline for thyroid scintigraphy (version 3)].
The version 3 of the procedure guideline for thyroid scintigraphy is an update of the procedure guideline previously published in 2003. The interpretation of the scintigraphy requires the knowledge of the patients' history, the palpation of the neck, the laboratory parameters and of the sonography. The interpretation of the technetium-99m uptake requires the knowledge of the TSH-level. As a consequence of the improved alimentary iodine supply the (99m)Tc-uptake has decreased; 100,000 counts per scintigraphy should be acquired. For this, an imaging time of 10 minutes is generally needed using a high resolution collimator for thyroid imaging.
Dietlein
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M
Kliniken und Polikliniken für Nuklearmedizin der Universität zu Köln, 50924 Köln. markus.dietlein@uni-koeln.de
Dressler
J
J
Eschner
W
W
Leisner
B
B
Reiners
C
C
Schicha
H
H
D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D012979:Sodium Radioisotopes; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D011868:Radioisotopes; D012979:Sodium Radioisotopes; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m