An assessment of perfusion deficits in decompression illness using tcm hmpao spet and statistical parametric mapping

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 423-428

  DICKSON, J C ^a   STAFF, R T ^a   GEMMELL, H G ^a   MCKIDDIE, F I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; Perfusion deficits; Statistical parametric mapping; Tcm HMPAO SPET

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035067876     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200104000-00011     Document Type: Article

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