Relative renal uptake and transit time measurements using functional factor images and fuzzy regions of interest

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-54

  Šámal, Martin ^a   Nimmon, Cyril C ^b   Britton, Keith E ^b   Bergmann, Helmar ^c,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic renal study; Factor analysis; Fuzzy regions of interest; Renal transit time; Renal uptake

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 0031933196     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050193     Document Type: Article

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