Tc-99m MAA SPECT in pectus excavatum: Assessment of perfusion volume changes after correction by the Nuss procedure

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 779-782

  Kinuya, Keiko ^a   Ueno, Teruo ^a   Kobayashi, Takashi ^a   Tuji, Tomonari ^b   Yamamoto, Yasunari ^b   Kinuya, Seigo ^c  

^a TONAMI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution volume; Nuss procedure; Pectus excavatum; Tc 99m MAA

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORPHOLOGY; PHANTOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX DEFORMITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; OSTEOTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TIDAL VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28044446983     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000186854.41771.8f     Document Type: Article

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