SPECT & bone scan
SPECT and the bone scan are an older type of nuclear scan, still used for bone metastases and to check where a radioactive drug went after treatment.
99mTc-MDP bone scan for skeletal metastases (being displaced by PSMA PET in prostate). SPECT/CT after 177Lu therapy enables post-treatment dosimetry, a key enabler of personalised radioligand dosing.
How it works
Gamma cameras detect single photons from 99mTc, 111In, 177Lu; rotating acquisition reconstructs 3D distribution.
- Cheap, widespread
- Dosimetry for radioligand therapy
- Lower resolution and sensitivity than PET
Latest papers
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