Tcm-dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scintigraphy for detection of renal cortical defects in acute pyelonephritis: posterior 180° spect versus planar image and 360° spect

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-422

  PENG, N J ^a   LIU, R S ^a   CHIOU, Y H ^b   JAO, G H ^b   GER, L P ^c   TSAY, D G ^c  

^a Pediatrics and Education and Medical Research   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Kidney; Pyelonephritis; SPECT; Tcm dimercaptosuccinic acid

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYELONEPHRITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035075943     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200104000-00010     Document Type: Article

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