Contamination, a Major Problem in Nuclear Medicine Imaging: How to Investigate, Handle, and Avoid It

Narvesh Kumar; Shashwat Verma; Rani Kunti R Singh; Deepanksha Datta; Subhash Chandra Kheruka; Sanjay Gambhir

doi:10.2967/jnmt.117.190256

Contamination, a Major Problem in Nuclear Medicine Imaging: How to Investigate, Handle, and Avoid It

J Nucl Med Technol. 2017 Sep;45(3):241-242. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.117.190256. Epub 2017 Apr 13.

Authors

Narvesh Kumar¹, Shashwat Verma², Rani Kunti R Singh³, Deepanksha Datta², Subhash Chandra Kheruka², Sanjay Gambhir²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; and [email protected].
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; and.
³ Department of Radiodiagnosis, Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

PMID: 28408700
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.117.190256

Abstract

We present a case study in which artifacts from collimator contamination and patient motion were seen on a bone scan. Any identified artifact must be further investigated and documented so as to detect its source and thus prevent its future occurrence.

Keywords: 99mTc-MDP; bone scan; collimator contamination; motion artifact.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Artifacts*
Equipment Contamination / prevention & control*
Equipment Failure Analysis / methods*
Humans
Male
Radiation Protection / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals / analysis*
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / analysis*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / instrumentation*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate