title: Advances in nuclear medicine.
abstract: Nuclear scintigraphy is a mainstay of diagnostic imaging and has preserved its relevance in the imaging of acute and chronic trauma. It is particularly useful in the evaluation of athletic injuries. Pitfalls of interpretation, false negatives and false positives exist as with many imaging modalities. Synthesis of physical exam findings, lameness evaluation and, when possible, diagnostic analgesia in combination with nuclear scintigraphy imaging findings, will allow for the most information to be applied to the patient's clinical problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Diagnostic imaging, University of Georgia, 501 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602, USA. selbergdvm@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Selberg
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006736:Horses; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging