SPECT/CT with a hybrid imaging system in the study of lower gastrointestinal bleeding with technetium-99m red blood cells

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-289

  Schillaci, O ^a   Spanu, A ^b   Tagliabue, L ^c   Filippi, L ^a   Danieli, R ^a   Palumbo, B ^d   Del Sole, A ^c   Madeddu, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemorrage; Lower gastrointestinal tract; Tomography, emission computed, single photon; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE; ENTEROPATHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349577790     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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