Normal brain perfusion pattern of technetium-99m-ethylcysteinate dimer in children

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1115-1120

  Schiepers, Christiaan ^a,b   Verbruggen, Alfons ^a   Casaer, Paul ^a   De Roo, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Cerebral blood flow; Neuropediatrics; Technetium 99m ethyl cysteinate dimer

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030839807     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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