Esophageal transit study using a sliding sum image: Application to patients with probable and definite systemic sclerosis

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 325-331

  Nakajima, Kenichi ^a   Hasegawa, Minoru ^a   Inaki, Anri ^a   Wakabayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Hosoya, Tetsuo ^b   Takehara, Kazuhiko ^a   Kinuya, Seigo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b FUJIFILM CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Condensed image; Esophageal transit study; Functional imaging; Sliding sum image; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; ESOPHAGUS TRANSIT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERODERMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052314846     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-011-0465-3     Document Type: Article

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