Gastrointestinal Nuclear Imaging

This text is designed to provide gastroenterologists with a concise but comprehensive current review of gastrointestinal nuclear medicine. It familiarizes clinicians with state-of-the-art nuclear medicine techniques; and the circumstances under which they should be used.

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This aims to provide gastroenterologists with a concise but comprehensive current review of gastrointestinal nuclear medicine. It familiarizes clinicians with: state-of-the-art nuclear medicine techniques; the circumstances under which they should be employed; and the information that may be derived from each particular study. It also covers the currently available diagnostic nuclear medicine studies for the evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract - including their relative advantages and disadvantages with respect to other radiologic gastrointestinal studies. The contents cover the entire spectrum of nuclear GI studies, from basic liver spleen scans, and gastric emptying studies to newer innovations such as hepatobiliary scans, GI bleeding scans, and abcess detection with Indium-labelled white blood cells. Emphasis is placed on recent advances in nuclear medicine and the latest developments including computerised quantitation.