Gastrointestinal haemorrhage scintigraphy in Australia: Acquisition and processing parameters

ANZ Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Currie, Geoffrey M ^a   Moon, Lauren ^a   Wheat, Janelle M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Consensus; Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage; Processing; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

EID: 15344338707     PISSN: 13241435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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