CT/99mTc-GSA SPECT fusion images demonstrate functional differences between the liver lobes

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3217-3225

  Sumiyoshi, Tatsuaki ^a   Shima, Yasuo ^a   Tokorodani, Ryoutarou ^a   Okabayashi, Takehiro ^a   Kozuki, Akihito ^a   Hata, Yasuhiro ^a   Noda, Yoshihiro ^a   Murata, Yoriko ^a   Nakamura, Toshio ^a   Uka, Kiminori ^a  

^a Kochi Health Sciences Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fusion image; Liver; Portal system; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; GALACTOSYL HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TECHNETIUM 99M; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DTPA GALACTOSYL HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DTPA-GALACTOSYL-HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; 99MTC NEOGALACTOALBUMIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; FUSION IMAGE; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

99MTC NEOGALACTOALBUMIN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUSION IMAGE; LIVER; PORTAL SYSTEM; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878578904     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i21.3217     Document Type: Article

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