Definition of "scintigraphy" [scintigraphy]

• A radiographic technique, using radioactive tracers, for the diagnosis of injuries to bones (noun)

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• "UK-based Pharmaceutical Profiles has used an imaging technique known as scintigraphy to quantify the effects of Amylin / Eli Lilly's latest diabetes drug on the stomach."
• "Caveat: There was no direct evaluation of heart-attack size using magnetic resonance imaging or myocardial scintigraphy, a nuclear imaging test that evaluates the integrity of sympathetic nerves supplying the heart."
• "Exposure to ultrasonography, CT scanning, MRI and lacrimal scintigraphy are an active part of the oculoplastic fellowship training program."