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A bone scan, or x-ray is simply a different type of scan than an MRI. No kind of scan is better than another, it simply depends what the scan is trying to ascertain.
I got a full body bone scan and it costed around 4,000, give or take.
In an abnormal technetium heart scan, hot spots reveal damage to the heart. The larger the hot spots, the poorer the patient's prognosis.
Hypodensity indicates a decrease in density. Hypodensity on a CT scan can indicate damaged tissue, from trauma, illness, or birth defect.
It depends on what the problem with the elbow is. If it is a bone related injury then the CT scan will show more detail but if the problem is with the muscles or ligaments, then the MRI Scan will be more useful.
No not necessarily.
It can mean infection, some types of cancers, lack of blood supply, arthritis, or tumors
Myelocyte refers to an immature white blood cell in the bone marrow. The presence of myelocyle in a blood scan may indicate leukemia.
I had a nuclear bone scan because of swelling and fracture of the foot. The swollen foot ( of 5 months) lite up like a Chrismas tree? What does this mean?
Cold spots on the scan, where no thallium shows up, indicate areas of the heart that are not getting an adequate supply of blood. Cold spots appearing both at rest and during exercise may indicate areas where the heart tissue.
I'm not 100 percent sure, but I believe that the "dark spots", often called hot spots, refer to abnormal amounts of radionuclide in the bone, determining that it is infected or diseased. Though the previous person isn't completely wrong, it really depends on how the images are displayed. If there is a white background, anything dark = increase tracer uptake, which could be a multitude of things, from trauma (bruises), to fractures, to cancer. Other scans are performed to distinguish between the many possibilities. Basically the premise of a bone scan is to image the physiology of bones. The drug used for the scan is what your body uses to repair bones. Bones are constantly under repair due to old cells dying, and new cells taking their place so that is why the whole skeleton shows up. So, when there is an increase in the repair of bone, it wills how up brighter on the scan (if black background, it will be more white, and if white background, it will be more black). Hope that answers your question a tad better.
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Yes, but bone scan has to be completed first.
No, a bone scan shows bone metabolism.
A bone scan, or x-ray is simply a different type of scan than an MRI. No kind of scan is better than another, it simply depends what the scan is trying to ascertain.
Radionuclide bone scans. These scans involve injecting a small amount of radioactive material into a vein. Primary tumors or cells that have metastasized absorb the radioactive material and show up as dark spots on the scan.
A bone scan can show if a bone is healthy or if it is losing strength and density by becoming porous.