Comparison of99mTc-DMSA dual-head SPECT versus high-resolution parallel-hole planar imaging for the detection of renal cortical defects

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-337

  Brenner, Michele ^a   Bonta, Dacian ^a   Eslamy, Hedieh ^a,b   Ziessman, Harvey A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

99mTc DMSA; Acute pyelonephritis; Renal cortical scanning; Renal scintigraphy; SPECT

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCAR; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFANT; KIDNEY CORTEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149132170     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1788     Document Type: Article

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