Chinese Med J Peking
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Chinese Med J Peking · Jun 1997
Comparative StudyComparison of whole body MRI and radioisotope bone scintigram for skeletal metastases detection.
To compare whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using fast sequences with radioisotope bone scintigraphy (BS) for the detection of metastases in the entire skeleton. ⋯ We think for addressing the status of skeletal metastases only, bone scintigram is still preferred over whole body MRI. When bone scintigram is unavailable, whole body MRI is a practical and acceptable alternative especially when extra-osseous metastases are also of concern.