Intra- and interoperator variations in region-of-interest drawing and their effect on the measurement of glomerular filtration rates

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-181

  White, Duncan R R ^a   Houston, Alexander S ^a   Sampson, William F D ^a   Wilkins, Graham P ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Observer Performance; Quality Control; Regions of Interest; Renal Dynamic Studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 0032959082     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199903000-00008     Document Type: Article

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