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Whole-Body Scintigraphy

A diagnostic technique which produces a two- dimensional image of a desired anatomical structure or region with the use of radionuclides.
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Whole-body SPECT/CT for bone scintigraphy: diagnostic value and effect on patient management in oncological patients
PurposeThis study was designed to assess the additional value of SPECT/CT of the trunk used in conjunction with conventional… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
False-positive uptake on radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy: physiologic and pathologic variants unrelated to thyroid cancer.
Radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy (WBS), which takes advantage of the high avidity of radioiodine in the functioning thyroid… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Value of 18F-FDG-PET/PET-CT in differentiated thyroid carcinoma with radioiodine-negative whole-body scan: a meta-analysis
AimThe aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET (FDG-PET) and FDG-PET/computed… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Procedure guideline for radioiodine therapy and 131iodine whole-body scintigraphy in paediatric patients with differentiated thyroid cancer
Summary The procedure guideline for radioiodine (131I) therapy and 131I whole-body scintigraphy of differentiated thyroid cancer… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Comparative evaluation of recombinant human thyrotropin-stimulated thyroglobulin levels, 131I whole-body scintigraphy, and neck ultrasonography in the follow-up of patients with papillary thyroid…
CONTEXT Although the prognosis of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is usually excellent, the optimal follow-up strategy… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and iodine-131 whole-body scintigraphy in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer
Abstract.Metastases of differentiated thyroid cancer may show different uptake patterns for fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose and… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Technetium-99m-tetrofosmin whole-body scintigraphy in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to evaluate prospectively the reliability of the new nonspecific tumor-searching tracer… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Differentiated thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents: a 37-year experience in 85 patients.
UNLABELLED This study reports on 85 differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) (72 papillary, 13 follicular) patients, younger than… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Thyroglobulin determination, neck ultrasonography and iodine-131 whole-body scintigraphy in differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
UNLABELLED The long-term prognosis of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma depends on the early diagnosis and treatment… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Quantitative analysis of 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) uptake in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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