Three-dimensional surface displays of perfusion spet in the evaluation of patients with pulmonary emphysema for thoracoscopic lung volume reduction surgery

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 719-727

  Suga, K ^a   Nishigauchi, K ^a   Matsunaga, N ^a   Kawakami, Y ^a   Kume, N ^a   Sugi, K ^a   Esato, K ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; XENON 133;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORACOSCOPY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0030805244     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199708000-00005     Document Type: Article

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