Technegas ventilation SPECT for evaluating silicosis in comparison with computed tomography

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-170

  Zhang, Xing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

computed tomography; silicosis; SPECT; technegas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SILICOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029949739     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03165388     Document Type: Article

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