Determination of velocity of tubar transport with dynamic hysterosalpingoscintigraphy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 865-870

  Schmiedehausen, K ^a   Kat, S ^a   Albert, N ^a   Platsch, G ^a   Wildt, L ^a   Kuwert, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hysterosalpingoscintigraphy; Infertility; Transport velocity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ADULT; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPERM TRANSPORT; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; UTERUS;

EID: 2342632719     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000084577.51410.c4     Document Type: Article

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