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| Whole body scintigraphy is the measurement of radioactivity in the entire body.
Whole body scintigraphy is useful for example in detection of tumors, infections, evaluation of metastases, and diseases with multiple organ involvement.
Different whole body scan techniques include:
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Whole body skeletal scintigraphy (bone scan) to detect bone disease; |
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whole body I-131 imaging to evaluate distant sites of thyroid carcinoma; |
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whole body scintigraphy with 99Tcm-labelled red blood cells to locate bleeding (see also gastrointestinal bleeding scintigraphy); |
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whole body thallium scintigraphy to detect perfusion abnormalities in the legs; |
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whole body gallium scan to detect inflammation and to monitor the disease activity. |
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