Patricia said

On Friday 30th I observed a triple phase study. The patient complained of pain and infection in his right arm. The triple phase study allows the physicians to difference between cellulites (infection of soft tissue) and osteomyelitis (infection in the bone). The technician injected technetium into the patient's foot and observered blood flow, pooling, and delayed. I learned that if you inject technetium in the arm you would not be able to observe the blood flow very well because of the technetium. You want to be able to observe blood flow in both arms in other to notice a difference. I also observed a gastric study in which Sulfur colloid was mixed in scrambled gigs and given to the patient to eat, and then an hour later a scan was done to observe gastric emptying time. If the content was not emptied in an hour, it means that the patient has some type of gastric problem.