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**