Optimization of parathyroid imaging by simultaneous dual energy planar and single photon emission tomography

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1089-1093

  Dontu, Vijay S ^a   Kettle, Andrew G ^a   O'Doherty, Michael J ^a   Coakley, Anthony J ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parathyroid glands; Parathyroid localization; Pinhole imaging; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTRAST; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID SCINTISCANNING; PHANTOM; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 8444232036     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200411000-00004     Document Type: Article

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