A Patient Is Entering the Osseous Phase of a Routine

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient is entering the osseous phase of a routine three-phase bone scan.The technologist should

• A)prepare the room for a dynamic study.
• B)begin to take blood pool images.
• C)begin to take 2- to 3-hour delayed images.
• D)take 5- to 24-hour delayed images.

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Definitions:

α-D-Glucopyranose

An isomer of glucose that has the pyranose (six-membered ring) form with the hydroxyl group on the first carbon in the alpha configuration.

Sucrose

A disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose, commonly known as table sugar.

Methyl β-D-Glucopyranoside

A chemical compound derived from glucose where a methyl group replaces the hydroxyl group at the anomeric carbon.

Aldaric Acid

A type of sugar acid derived from aldoses by oxidation of both the aldehyde group and the primary alcohol group to carboxylic acids.