Is the depth correction using the geometric mean really necessary in a Tcm-DMSA scan in the paediatric population?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 547-552

  Hervas I ^a   Marty J F ^a   Gonzalez A ^a   Ruiz, J C ^b   Alonso, J ^b   Bello, P ^b   Manzano, F ^b   Torres, I ^b   Mateo, A ^b  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Spain)

^b University Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depth correction; Differential renal function; DMSA scan; Geometric mean; Paediatric population

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PEDIATRICS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034996620     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200105000-00013     Document Type: Article

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