Whole-Body SPECT/CT versus Planar Bone Scan with Targeted SPECT/CT for Metastatic Workup

Figure 1

Metastatic workup for prostate cancer. Based on planar scintigraphy (a), a targeted SPECT/CT was acquired of the thorax. MIP of the SPECT (b) shows two areas of focal uptake corresponding to fractures on axial SPECT/CT (c) in the anterior third (c, up) and fourth ribs (c, down). The patient was classified as “not metastatic.”

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