The decision to reimage following extravasation in diagnostic nuclear medicine

The primary goal of diagnostic nuclear medicine is to provide complete and accurate reports without equivocation or disclaimers. If specific clinical questions cannot be answered because radiopharmaceutical extravasation, the imaging study may have repeated. decision reimage based on several factors including quality images, additional patient radiation dose, burden, administrative constraints. Through process improvement efforts, departments can significantly reduce frequency extravasation thereby also need for reimaging. Communication with important any time impact their immediate future care. circumstances potential ramifications should explained, concerns addressed. Although recent arguments been made in favor investigating addressing only those extravasations which result serious injury, patients referring physicians deserve know impacted.