Imaging discordance between hepatic angiography versus Tc-99m-MAA SPECT/CT: A case series, technical discussion and clinical implications

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 669-676

  Kao, Yung Hsiang ^a   Tan, Eik Hock ^a   Teo, Terence Kiat Beng ^a   Ng, Chee Eng ^a   Goh, Soon Whatt ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Catheter directed CT hepatic angiography; Imaging discordance; Microparticle trajectory selection; Tc 99m MAA SPECT CT; Yttrium 90 radioembolization; Yttrium 90 time of flight PET CT

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB I 131; TECHNETIUM 99M; YTTRIUM 90;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 81855170109     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 18646433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-011-0516-9     Document Type: Article

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