The field of abdominal imaging is increasingly diverse, comprising a broad range of different pathologies which offer unique diagnostic challenges – the entire spectrum of imaging modalities is employed to help resolve these varied challenges. It is estimated that 4-10% of attendances to the emergency department are related to acute abdominal pain. Although clinical history, […]
Dr Geoffrey Lie, Dr Niall Power
Barts Health NHS Trust
Radionuclide 99mTc-MDP planar bone scan is the most commonly performed nuclear medicine procedure and may aid diagnosis of benign and malignant bone pathologies. 99mTc-MDP is injected intravenously and subsequently taken up by osteoblasts and incorporated into the bone matrix. In the process it acts as a marker for new bone formation, bone turnover and local […]
Dr Kanhaiyalal Agrawal, Dr Alexis Corrigan, Dr Sanjay Vijaynathan, Dr Gopinath Gnanasegaran
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust