title: Bone scans.
abstract: This article forms part of our 'Tests and results' series for 2012, which aims to provide information about common tests that general practitioners order regularly. It considers areas such as indications, what to tell the patient, what the test can and cannot tell you and interpretation of results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. joseph_lee@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hennessy
authors.forename: Frederick A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Khafagi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000075202:Contraindications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D021361:Scaphoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries