Event

Grand Round

NUCLEAR MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS: Past, Present and Future of Sodium Flouride Imaging

Date:
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location:
104 Parker Hall
Cost:
$0
Presenter:
Lachin Hatemi, M.D., Chief and Senior Resident Nuclear Medicine Residency Program, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University at Buffalo
Sponsor:
UB Department of Nuclear Medicine

Past, Present and Future of Sodium Flouride Imaging
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the history and basics of Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Bone Imaging
2. Identify cost and benefits of F18-Fluoride versus Tc99m MDP.
3. Assess the sensitivity and specificity analysis of F18-Fluoride versus FDG.
4. Describe problems and limitations of F18-Fluoride imaging.
5. List recent developments and the future of F18-Fluoride imaging.

For more information, contact:

Fred Covelli
Email: fcovelli@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-838-5889