Table 1.

Protocol for parathyroid ^99mTc sestamibi imaging.

Parameters	Description
Coverage	Entire neck and thorax till base of heart
Phases	Dual phase: at 10–15 min and 90–150 min after intravenous administration of radiopharmaceutical
Image acquisition	-Large field-of-view gamma cameras with low-energy high-resolution collimators. -Additionally, SPECT/CT from skull base to heart base
Energy window	140 ± 10 keV
Matrix size	128 × 128 or 256 × 256 (better)

SPECT: single photon emission computed tomography; CT: computed tomography.