Will thallium-201 replace gallium-67 in salivary gland scintigraphy?

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1819-1823

  Arbab, Ali Syed ^a   Koizumi, Kiyoshi ^a   Hiraike, Sachiko ^a   Toyama, Keiji ^a   Arai, Takao ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

gallium 67; salivary glands; technetium 99m; thallium 201

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SALIVARY GLAND SCINTISCANNING; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SIALOADENITIS; WARTHIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIALADENITIS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TECHNETIUM; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0029985189     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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