Appropriate Use Criteria for Nuclear Medicine in the Evaluation and Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Kevin Donohoe, Jennifer Aloff, Anca M. Avram, K.G. Bennet, Luca Giovanella, Bennett S. Greenspan, Seza A. Güleç, Aamna Hassan, Richard T. Kloos, Carmen C. Solórzano, Brendan C. Stack, Mark Tülchinsky, R. Michael Tuttle, Douglas Van Nostrand, Jason A. Wexler
Abstract
Nuclear medicine is an essential tool in the delivery of high-quality medical care, going beyond simple anatomic imaging to the use of physiologic processes for both imaging and therapy. One of the first uses of nuclear medicine techniques occurred in the 1930s to demonstrate the physiology of
Topics & Concepts
Thyroid cancerMedicineCancerThyroidNuclear medicineMedical physicsOncologyInternal medicineThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging