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Medical diagnostic method

Whole body imaging
MeSH	D051598

Whole body imaging (WBI) refers to the display of the entire body in a single procedure. In medical imaging, it may refer to full-body CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging.

It may also refer to different types of Full body scanner technologies used for security screening such as in airports.

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Techniques:	General operation Quantitative High-resolution X-ray microtomography Electron beam Cone beam
Targets	Heart calcium scan angiography Abdominal and pelvis Virtual colonoscopy Angiography Coronary Pulmonary Head Thyroid Whole body imaging Full-body CT scan

Other

Cholescintigraphy Scintimammography Ventilation/perfusion scan Radionuclide ventriculography Radionuclide angiography Radioisotope renography Sestamibi parathyroid scintigraphy Radioactive iodine uptake test Bone scintigraphy Immunoscintigraphy Dacryoscintigraphy DMSA scan Gastric emptying study
Full body:	Octreotide scan Gallium-67 scan Ga-68-DOTATOC Indium-111 WBC scan

SPECT (gamma ray):	Myocardial perfusion imaging
PET (positron):	Brain PET Cardiac PET PET mammography PET-CT PET-MRI

Target conditions

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