From the angio suite to the γ-camera: Vascular mapping and 99mTc-MAA hepatic perfusion imaging before liver radioembolization-A comprehensive pictorial review

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1736-1747

  Uliel, Livnat ^a   Royal, Henry D ^a   Darcy, Michael D ^a   Zuckerman, Darryl A ^a   Sharma, Akash ^a   Saad, Nael E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

90Y microspheres; 99mTc MAA hepatic perfusion imaging; Liver anatomy; Liver radioembolization; SPECT CT; Yttrium radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; MICROSPHERE Y 90; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOOT PAIN; GAMMA CAMERA; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; PANCREAS CANCER; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOEMBOLIZATION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; LIVER; PERFUSION IMAGING; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 84868313327     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.105361     Document Type: Review

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