SKELETON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS: *INVESTIGATION OF BONE PAIN1.METASTATIC TUMOUR. 2.BENIGN BONE TUMOUR. 3.TRAUMA. 4.AVASCULAR NECROSIS. 5.INFECTION. 6.OSTEOMALACIA. 7.PAGET'S DISEASE. 8.UNEXPECTED FINDINGS. *INVESTIGATION OF MALIGNANCY 1.INITIAL STAGING. 2.DISCORDANT SCAN / X-RAY FINDINGS 3.ASSESSMENT OF EXTENT OF DISEASE. 4.MONITORING PROGRESS OF DISEASE AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY. 5.HYPERTROPHIC PULMONARY OSTEOARTHROPATHY. 6.PRIMARY BONE TUMOURS. *INVESTIGATION OF BENIGN BONE DISEASE. 1.ORTHOPAEDIC DISORDERS. 2.BENIGN BONE TUMOURS. 3.INFECTIONS. 4.FRACTURE. 5.EXERCISE-RELATED TRAUMA. 6.SURGICAL TRAUMA. 7.DEGENERATIVE DISEASE. 8.METABOLIC BONE DISEASE. 9.PAGET'S DISEASE. 10.ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE OF X-RAY LESIONS. *MISCELLANEOUS 1.SOFT TISSUE ACCUMULATION OF DIPHOSPHONATE. 2.VASCULAR ABNORMALITIES. 3.ABNORMALITIES OF THE RENAL TRACT. 4.ABNORMALITIES OF THE URINARY TRACT. *ROI: EVALUATION OF SKELETAL DISEASE STATES -DIVIDE ABNORMAL AREA BY NORMAL AREA GIVING THE BONE CONCENTRATION RATIO: ABNORMAL REGION COUNTS = BONE CONCENTRATION RATIO NORMAL REGION COUNTS *RATIO RESULTS GRAETER THAN 1.75 = INFLAMMATORY SACROILIITIS BETWEEN 1.10 & 1.55 = NORMAL BETWEEN 1.55 & 1.75 = MUST BE INTERPRETED *BONE IMAGING INTERPRETATION* *SKELETON-USEFUL TIPS* * SKELETON * |