Differential renal function estimation by dynamic renal scintigraphy: influence of background definition and radiopharmaceutical

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1002-1005

  Caglar, Meltem ^a   Gedik, Gonca Kara ^a   Karabulut, Erdem ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dimercaptosuccinic acid; Image processing; Mercaptoacetyltriglycine; Renal scintigraphy; Tc diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL KIDNEY FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; VARIANCE;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 55149086991     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32830978af     Document Type: Article

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