Method to detect acute bone trauma using sodium fluoride imaging

摘要

Minor injuries and acute bone traumas are difficult to detect with current methods of bone imaging. The use of ¹⁸F—NaF in combination with PET/CT provides superior imaging of bone trauma, particularly for traumas are difficult to detect using known methods. The superior uptake of ¹⁸F—NaF, as compared to existing chemicals, allows for detection of areas of acute bone trauma that may not have presented any pain symptoms, and thus using other methods would avoid diagnosis.