Sodium fluoridePET – pro
18F-Fluoride is a different kind of PET scan, which uses sodium fluoride instead of technetium. It is more PET avid than FDG PET. Society of Nuclear Medicine says this: ” No appropriateness criteria have been developed to date for this procedure. PET/CT 18F bone scans may be used to identify skeletal metastases, including localization and determination of the extent of disease. Insufficient information exists to recommend the following indications in all patients, but may be appropriate in certain individuals…..”
http://www.snm.org/docs/Practice%20Guideline%20NaF%20PET%20V1.1.pdf
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