Probable range for whole kidney mean transit time values determined by reexamination of UK audit studies

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1006-1014

  Nimmon, Cyril C ^a   Fleming, John S ^a   Šámal, Martin ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deconvolution; Gamma camera; Renography; Transit time

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY MEAN TRANSIT TIME; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEAN DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MEDICAL AUDIT; PARAMETER; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 55149117065     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32830f4adb     Document Type: Article

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