A tomographic imaging direction, backwards relative to a short axis of the human body from the back to the front.

A tomographic imaging direction, backwards relative to a short axis of the human body from the front to the back.

A tomographic imaging direction, frontwards relative to a short axis of the human body from the back to the front.

See also Anterior Posterior, Left Anterior Oblique, Right Anterior Oblique, Annotation, Antegrade.

A bone scan or bone scintigraphy is used to in evaluate diseases of the skeletal system. Scintigraphic whole body bone imaging is a highly sensitive method to show changes in bone metabolism. Increased metabolic activity is seen as a hot spot.
The study requires the injection of a 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceutical (most commonly methylene diphosphonate (MDP), hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP) or hydroxyethylene diphosphonate (HDP)). The activity administered for bone scanning is around 500 MBq (300-1100 MBq, 8-30 mCi), depending on age and weight of the patient. After 2-5 hours, the emitted gamma rays are detected by gamma cameras. The produced planar images include anterior and posterior views of the skeleton.
Multiphase bone scintigraphy is used to differentiate a bone process from tissue pathology. In some cases additional SPECT imaging is helpful to better characterize the presence, location and extent of disease.

A tomographic imaging plane, perpendicular to the ground, the coronal plane separates the anterior from the posterior part (the front from the back).