A. Planar Imaging

The purpose of this document is to provide nuclear medicine practitioners with general guidelines on im-aging in the practice of nuclear medicine. The guide-line includes recommendations common to most nu-clear medicine imaging procedures. Recommenda-tions specific to individual procedures are included in their respective procedure guidelines. Among the many topics covered are: III. Procedure A. Patient Preparation (including considerations for women of child-bearing age [III.A.2]) B. Information Pertinent to Performing the Pro-cedure C. Precautions (including radiation precaution