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Table 1 Visualization of joints on three image sets: using the routine NaI(Tl) camera, using full-dose full-time acquisition with CZT detectors (FD CZT), and using reduced-dose reduced-time acquisition with CZT detectors (RD CZT)

From: 99mTc-MDP bone scintigraphy of the hand: comparing the use of novel cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) and routine NaI(Tl) detectors

Image set

Total number of lesions

MCP

PIP

DIP

Standard camera

168

116

47

5

FD CZT

385

219

137

29

RD CZT

383

219

137

27

  1. MCP metacarpophalangeal joint, PIP proximal interphalangeal joint, DIP distal interphalangeal joint