Reproducibility and repeatability of 99tcm-hmpao rcbf spet in normal subjects at rest using brain atlas matching

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-18

  Jonsson, C ^a   Pagani, M ^a   Johansson, L ^a   Thurfjell, L ^a   Jacobsson, H ^a   Larsson, S A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REST; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033629054     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200001000-00004     Document Type: Review

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