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  • Title: Deconvolution analysis of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate kinetics in metabolic bone disease.
    Author: Knop J, Kröger E, Stritzke P, Schneider C, Kruse HP.
    Journal: Eur J Nucl Med; 1981 Feb; 6(2):63-7. PubMed ID: 6451429.
    Abstract:
    The kinetics of 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) and 47Ca were studied in three patients with osteoporosis, three patients with hyperparathyroidism, and two patients with osteomalacia. The activities of 99mTc-MDP were recorded in the lumbar spine, paravertebral soft tissues, and in venous blood samples for 1 h after injection. The results were submitted to deconvolution analysis to determine regional bone accumulation rates. 47Ca kinetics were analysed by a linear two-compartment model quantitating short-term mineral exchange, exchangeable bone calcium, and calcium accretion. The 99mTc-MDP accumulation rates were small in osteoporosis, greater in hyperparathyroidism, and greatest in osteomalacia. No correlations were obtained between 99mTc-MDP bone accumulation rates and the results of 47Ca kinetics. However, there was a significant relationship between the level of serum alkaline phosphatase and bone accumulation rates (R = 0.71, P less than 0.025). As a result deconvolution analysis of regional 99mTc-MDP kinetics in dynamic bone scans might be useful to quantitate osseous tracer accumulation in metabolic bone disease. The lack of correlation between the results of 99mTc-MDP kinetics and 47Ca kinetics might suggest a preferential binding of 99mTc-MDP to the organic matrix of the bone, as has been suggested by other authors on the basis of experimental and clinical investigations.
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