Early dynamic SPECT acquisition for the imaging of hepatic hemangiomas utilizing Tc-99m labeled red blood cells

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 745-748

  Siegel, Alan ^a   Mazurek, Richard ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous Hemangioma; Scintigraphic Imaging; SPECT; Technetium Labeled Red Blood Cells

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031461061     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199711000-00001     Document Type: Article

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