DMSA(V) TUMOR SCAN 99mTc-(V)DMSA (V- (DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID))1.PREPARATION NONE 2.PROCEDURE+EXAMINATION TIME -(10-20MIN) POST INJECTION START EARLY IMAGES. (10-20MIN POST INJECTION), (WHOLE BODY SCAN), (1024*256), (MAG=1), (ANT&POST), (PRESET TIME=10.5cm/MIN, TOTAL 170cm), (LEHR), (TOTAL TIME=20MIN) -SOMETIMES EARLY STATIC IMAGES ARE TAKEN. (EARLY STATIC), (256*256), (PRESET TIME=300SEC), (MAG=1.33), (SUPINE), (LEHR), (TOTAL TIME=5MIN) -(3 HR) POST INJECTION START DELAYED IMAGES. (3HR POST INJECTION), (WHOLE BODY SCAN), (1024*256), (MAG=1), (ANT&POST), (PRESET TIME=10.5cm/MIN,TOTAL 170cm), (LEHR), (TOTAL TIME=20MIN) -SOMETIMES DELAYED STATIC IMAGES ARE TAKEN. (DELAYED STATIC), (256*256), (PRESET TIME=300SEC), (MAG=1.33), (SUPINE), (LEHR), (TOTAL TIME=5MIN) 3.DOSE 99mTc-(V)DMSA = 555MBq (15mCi) **FALSE POSITIVE UPTAKE MAY BE OBSERVED IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY HAD A STERNOTOMY OR WHO HAVE BENIGN BONE DISEASE** |