Single injection hepatic radionuclide angiography and hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the evaluation of liver transplant function

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-25

  Obradović, Vladimir ^a   Artiko, Vera ^a   Radević, Bozina ^b   Dapcević, Branka ^c   Petrović, Nebojša ^a  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b University Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Yugoslavia)

^c Zvezdara Clinical Center   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy; Liver transplant; Nuclear medicine techniques; Radionuclide angiography

Indexed keywords

ETIFENIN TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG UPTAKE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HALF LIFE TIME; HEPATIC DUCT; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BILIARY TRACT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIETHYL-IMINODIACETIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942544360     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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