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Tc-99m MDP osteoblastic bone scan as a living study template — preparation pearls, a facility journey with Maggoo through whole-body planar or three-phase imaging, interpretation cases, and board-style questions.
Facts follow the protocol selected under Image acquisition (Whole-body planar vs Three-phase). Values are typical teaching ranges for Tc-99m MDP.
Bone scan has few true medication holds. The items below are safety screens and interpretive pearls — click one for rationale and impact.
Top-down facility view. Maggoo follows the whole-body planar protocol: check-in → IV injection → 2–3 h uptake delay → whole-body dual-head planar sweep → departure.
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Real teaching scintigrams (Radiopaedia, CC BY-NC-SA — see artifacts/ATTRIBUTION.md) plus educational synthetic schematics illustrate classic patterns and pitfalls. Select a case for clinical significance and any suggested add-on imaging.
Board-style items on MDP mechanism, protocol/timing, three-phase interpretation, superscan/flare, and common artifacts.