Imaging of liver function with dedicated animal dynamic pinhole scintigraphy in rats

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1005-1012

  Bennink, Roelof J ^a   Vetelainen, Reeta ^a   de Bruin, Kora ^a   van Vliet, Arlène K ^a   van Gulik, Thomas M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal study; Hepatobiliary scintigraphy; Liver function; Pinhole scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

MEBROFENIN TC 99M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG UPTAKE; IMAGING; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMINO ACIDS; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27344444703     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000183794.59097.0b     Document Type: Article

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