Minor injuries and acute bone traumas are difficult to detect with current methods of bone imaging. The use of 18F—NaF in combination with PET/CT provides superior imaging of bone trauma, particularly for traumas are difficult to detect using known methods. The superior uptake of 18F—NaF, as compared to existing chemicals, allows for detection of areas of acute bone trauma that may not have presented any pain symptoms, and thus using other methods would avoid diagnosis.
