A prospective comparison of high-resolution planar, pinhole, and triple- detector SPECT for the detection of renal cortical defects

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 673-678

  Applegate, Kimberly E ^a   Connolly, Leonard P ^b   Davis, Royal T ^b   Zurakowski, David ^b   Treves, S T ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Defect; DMSA; Renal; Scar; Scintigraphy; UTI

Indexed keywords

GLUCEPTATE TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLIMATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031472513     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199710000-00002     Document Type: Article

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