An improved equation for correcting slope-intercept measurements of glomerular filtration rate for the single exponential approximation

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-320

  Fleming, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Single exponential approximation correction; Slope intercept technique

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247627562     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328014a14a     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. 51Cr-EDTA. Clin Sci 1969; 37:169-180.
2. Brochner-Mortensen J. A simple method for the determination of glomerular filtration rate. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1972; 30:271-274.
3. Brochner-Mortensen J, Haahr J, Christoffersen J. A simple method for accurate assessment of the glomerular filtration rate in children. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1974; 33:139-143.
4. Fleming JS, Zivanovic MA, Blake GM, Burniston M, Cosgriff PS. Guidelines for the measurement of glomerular filtration rate using plasma sampling. Nucl Med Comm 2004; 24:759-769.
5. Piepsz A, Ham HR. Paediatric applications of renal nuclear medicine. Semin Nucl Med 2006; 36:16-35.
6. Riggs DS. The mathematical approach to physiological problems. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press; 1963.
7. 51Cr EDTA. Eur J Nucl Med 1991; 18:391-395.
8. Piepsz A, Colarinha P, Gordon I, Hahn K, Olivier P, Sixt R, van Velzen J. Guidelines for glomerular filtration rate determination in children. Paediatric Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Eur J Nucl Med 2001; 28:BP31-BP36.
9. De Sadeleer C, Piepsz A, Ham HR. Correction factors after having neglected the first exponential in the estimation of chromium-51 EDTA clearance: a reappraisal. Ann Nucl Med 2006; 20:95-98.