title: Endocrine scintigraphy with hybrid SPECT/CT.
abstract: Nuclear medicine imaging of endocrine disorders takes advantage of unique cellular properties of endocrine organs and tissues that can be depicted by targeted radiopharmaceuticals. Detailed functional maps of biodistributions of radiopharmaceutical uptake can be displayed in three-dimensional tomographic formats, using single photon emission computed tomography (CT) that can now be directly combined with simultaneously acquired cross-sectional anatomic maps derived from CT. The integration of function depicted by scintigraphy and anatomy with CT has synergistically improved the efficacy of nuclear medicine imaging across a broad spectrum of clinical applications, which include some of the oldest imaging studies of endocrine dysfunction.
authors: Nuclear Medicine/Radiology Department (K.K.W., E.Y., M.D.G.), University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109; Nuclear Medicine Service (K.K.W., L.M.F., M.D.G.), Department of Veterans Affairs Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; and Department of Nuclear Medicine (A.F., D.R.), Radiology, Medical Physics, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, 45100 Rovigo, Italy.
authors: Ka Kit
authors: KK
authors: Wong
authors: Lorraine M
authors: LM
authors: Fig
authors: Ehab
authors: E
authors: Youssef
authors: Alice
authors: A
authors: Ferretti
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: Rubello
authors: Milton D
authors: MD
authors: Gross
mesh_terms: D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*