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Short reads

Short reads

Single topics, explained in two or three minutes. Each one stands alone — read it between cases.

32 short reads

By system

10 systems
Endocrine2 reads
Negative Parathyroid Scintigraphy: What Can You Conclude?Understanding the limits of localisation.2 min readThe Perchlorate Discharge TestTrapping and organification are two separate steps. This is the test that tells them apart.2 min read
Neurology1 read
Role of Nuclear Medicine in Drug-Resistant Focal EpilepsyIn drug-resistant focal epilepsy, interictal FDG PET and ictal perfusion SPECT are what move the surgical decision — and ictal SPECT lives or dies by the injection time.3 min read
Cardiology2 reads
Role of Nuclear Medicine in Amyloidosis2 min readCardiac Amyloid Imaging: Blood Pool or Myocardial Uptake?2 min read
Musculoskeletal7 reads
The Honda Sign on Bone Scan1 min readRole of Nuclear Medicine in Heterotopic Ossification2 min readRole of Nuclear Medicine in Paget’s Disease3 min readThe Superscan: Metabolic or Metastatic3 min readRole of Nuclear Medicine in Complex Regional Pain SyndromeThe three-phase bone scan supports a clinical diagnosis; it neither makes nor excludes it3 min readBone Radiopharmaceuticals ComparedDiagnostic bone agents and bone-targeted therapies, side by side3 min readRole of ¹⁸F-NaF PET/CT3 min read
Infection & inflammation1 read
Role of Nuclear Medicine in Prosthetic Joint Infection2 min read
Renal & GU4 reads
Molecular Imaging for the Indeterminate Renal MassTwo tracers that read in opposite directions: ⁸⁹Zr-girentuximab for clear cell, ⁹⁹ᵐTc-sestamibi for oncocytoma.3 min readRole of PET/CT in Renal Cell CarcinomaCT stages the kidney. FDG earns its place with the equivocal recurrence, not the primary.2 min readRole of Nuclear Medicine in Renovascular Hypertension3 min readA Rising Renogram Curve: Is It Always Obstruction?No. The curve measures drainage, and drainage fails for more reasons than blockage.3 min read
GI & hepatobiliary1 read
Morphine-Augmented CholescintigraphyWhen the gallbladder has not filled at 60 minutes: indications, timing, pitfalls and the rim sign3 min read
Pulmonary1 read
V/Q Imaging in PregnancyPerfusion first, reduced activity, and why maternal breast dose tips the balance2 min read
Paediatric1 read
HIDA for Suspected Biliary AtresiaA sensitive rule-out test with limited specificity, and a clock that keeps running2 min read
Lymphatic1 read
Lymphoscintigraphy in Limb LymphoedemaReading dermal backflow, node timing, collaterals and the transport index2 min read

Across the board

11 topics