Optimizing background correction when calculating differential renal function in the presence of hydroureteronephrosis using 99tcm-dtpa

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-256

  Van De Wiele, C ^a   De Sadeleer, C ^a   Koole, M ^a   D'Asseler Y ^a   Everaert, K ^a   Dierckx, R A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RENOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031971120     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199803000-00009     Document Type: Article

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