Skeletal System

4. A normal range for this joint ratio is 0.94 to 1.34.
6. Patients must remove metal ojects prior to scanning to reduce this artifact.
9. The technologist must release the tourniquet prior to injecting for a flow of the hands to prevent this phenomenon.
11. This view is useful when imaging the feet, in particular, the metatarsals.
12. This compound is complexed with 99mTc for bone imaging.
14. No visualization of kidneys with increased axial skeleton uptake.
15. Increased uptake on Flow and Pool images with normal delayed images.
17. The patient typically lies in this position for a whole body bone scan.

1. Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry.
2. This view is useful when imaging the hands alone.
3. Bone metastases are evident in 85% of patients with this type of cancer.
5. Infection of the bone.
7. This type of bone makes up 80% of bone mass.
8. An abnormal finding on a bone densitometry scan.
10. Typically, this type of imaging is performed on patients newly diagnosed with cancer.
13. Bone scans are more sensitive than x-rays for diagnosing this bone ailment.
16. Prior to a bone scan, the patient must do this to ensure good visualization of the pelvis.