The mean transit time and functional image in asialoglycoprotein receptor scintigraphy: A novel modality for evaluating the regional dynamic function of hepatocytes

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1611-1615

  Ohno, Yasuharu ^a,b   Ishida, Haruo ^a   Hayashi, Akira ^a   Kamagata, Shoichiro ^a   Hirobe, Seiichi ^a   Ishii, Katsumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asialoglycoprotein receptor scintigraphy; Dynamic function; Height over area method; Hepatic functional reserve; Mean transit time

Indexed keywords

ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; GALACTOSE; PENTETIC ACID; SERUM ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CELL FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036898678     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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