A bone scan is a nuclear medicine test that helps diagnose and track several types of bone disease, but how does a bone scan work? Is it safe? What are the basic principles? What are the different steps of the procedure? What to expect? What to do after a bone scan is done? In this video, I'll tell you everything you need to know about a bone scan.

Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:18 Is a bone scan safe?
0:35 bone scan radiation dose
1:04 bone scan risks
1:40 What is a bone scan?
2:09 How to prepare for a bone scan?
2:23 Bone scan procedure
2:52 Bone scan duration
3:04 Good to know
3:24 What to do after a bone scan?
3:50 Am I radioactive?
4:02 The end