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Bone Scan OrthoFracs

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Description: Bone scans image physiology injection of a bone seeking compound attached to a radioisotope. The material is laid down in the hydroxyapatite crystal.
The resultant radiation is picked up by a gamma camera, consisting of a circular sodium iodide crystal 40cm in diameter coupled to a number of photomultiplier tubes.
Bone scanning relies on osteoblastic activity. If there is no osteoblastic activity (e.g. in multiple myeloma) there will be no tracer uptake.

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Added: Sun Sep 27 2009