http://www.appliedradiology.com RSS Feed on Applied Radiologyhttp://www.appliedradiology.com//Issues/2006/02/Articles/Abdominal-nuclear-medicine-emergencies.aspxCurrently, abdominal emergency nuclear medicine includes GI bleeding scintigraphy, technetium-99m scanning for acute appendicitis, hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid scanning for acute cholecystitis, and renal scanning for acute collecting system obstruction. Nuclear imaging can play a complementary role to traditional radiologic imaging. The authors review the indications for, benefits of, and procedures for these nuclear scanning applications.Tuesday, 07 Feb 2006 22:12:26 GMT