The Usefulness of 99mTc-Technegas Scintigraphy for Diagnosing Pulmonary Impairment Caused by Pulmonary Emphysema

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-103

  Satoh, Ḱatashi ^a   Takahashi, Kazue ^a   Kobayashi, Takuya ^a   Yamamoto, Yuka ^a   Nishiyama, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanabe, Masatada ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTechnetium Technegas; Centrilobular emphysema; Computed tomography; Panlobular emphysema; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; TECHNEGAS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032043106     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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