Acquisition

 

-  Give the radiopharmaceutical with milk divided in two doses, one at the start of study and the other before going to bed.

-  Use gammacamera with paralell high resolution collimator.

-  At 2 h and 24 h obtain anterior and posterior, static views of thoracic area.

-  The use of transmission images to better define lung limits is optional.

 

Avila Ramirez E y Vera Hermosillo H, p: 593-594 in: Medicina Nuclear Aplicaciones Clínicas. Eds: I. Carrio - P. González. Editorial Masson, Barcelona España, 2003.

 

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