Dual-phase 99mTc-sestamibi imaging: Its utility in parathyroid hyperplasia and use of immediate/delayed image ratios to improve diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 179-184

  Gordon, Leonie ^a   Burkhalter, William ^a   Mah, Eugene ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

99mTc sestamibi; Dual phase parathyroid imaging; Hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADENOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HYPERPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0036882405     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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