정량적 림프신티그라피

최준영¹^,^*

Quantitative Lymphoscintigraphy

Joon Young Choi¹^,^*

¹성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 핵의학과

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

^*Corresponding Author : Joon Young Choi, MD, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea, Tel: +82-2-3410-2648, Fax: +82-2-3410-2639, E-mail: jynm.choi@samsung.com

ⓒ Copyright 2017 Korean Society of Lymphology and Lymphedema. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Oct 17, 2017; Accepted: Oct 29, 2017

Published Online: Nov 30, 2017

Abatract

Peripheral lymphoscintigraphy is a useful non-invasive imaging modality for evaluating lymphedema. Although the main interpretation of lymphoscintigraphy is based on visual qualitative assessment, there are clinical needs for objective interpretation, assessment of lymphatic function and disease severity in terms of numbers, and objective assessment for therapeutic response. Quantitative analysis of lymphoscintigraphy may provide additional information about these clinical needs. This review article focuses on the methods of quantitative lymphoscintigraphy and its’ clinical utility.

Keywords: Lymphoscintigraphy; Lymphedema; Quantitation