Improved detection and localization of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage using subtraction scintigraphy: Clinical evaluation

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Currie, Geoffrey M ^a   Towers, Philip A ^a   Wheat, Janelle M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bowel hemorrhage; Gastrointestinal tract bleeding; Localization; Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Subtraction scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVENTIONAL SCINTIGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SUBTRACTION SCINTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34547699720     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.106.037044     Document Type: Article

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