A tool for balancing activity from isotopes used for the radioactive microsphere method

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Kleen, M ^a   Habler, O ^a   Messmer, K ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methodological error; Radioactive microspheres; Regional blood flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GAMMA RAYS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE METHOD; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

HEMODYNAMICS;

RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HALF LIFE TIME; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; HALF-LIFE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MICROSPHERES; RADIOISOTOPES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SOFTWARE; STOMACH;

EID: 0031172633     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(97)01808-7     Document Type: Article

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