Clinical value and advantages of nuclear whole-body SPECT bone imaging

  For patients with malignant tumors, early detection of bone metastases, as well as some malignant tumors such as prostate cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer patients before treatment and follow-up after treatment; for the diagnosis of unexplained bone pain (to exclude malignant bone tumors); in addition, for X-ray difficult to detect subtle fractures, such as fractures of ribs, finger bones, toes, can be early diagnosis; bone imaging can also observe the survival of transplanted bone Bone imaging can also observe the survival of bone graft and the follow-up of artificial joint replacement, etc. The greatest advantage is its high sensitivity. In most cases, bone imaging can detect bone metastases at an early stage, usually 3-6 months earlier than X-ray; because one imaging can understand the whole body skeleton, it can detect lesions beyond the scope of X-ray examination.