Diagnostic performance of an expert system for interpretation of 99mTc MAG3 scans in suspected renal obstruction

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-224

  Taylor, Andrew ^a,c   Garcia, Ernest V ^a   Binongo, Jose Nilo G ^a   Manatunga, Amita ^a   Halkar, Raghuveer ^a   Folks, Russell D ^a   Dubovsky, Eva ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

99mTc MAG3; Diuresis renogaphy; Furosemide; Renal obstruction; RENEX

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIURESIS; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 38949166678     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045484     Document Type: Article

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