The reproducibility of independently measuring human regional hepatic arterial, portal and total hepatic blood flow using [o]water and positron emission tomography

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-501

  Taniguchi, H ^a   Kunishima, S ^b   Koh, T ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic method; Hepatic blood flow; Positron emission tomography; Reproducibility; O water

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PORTAL SYSTEM; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 1542600920     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200305000-00003     Document Type: Article

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