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- Title
Quantitative SPECT of DMSA uptake by the kidneys: Assessment of reproducibility.
- Authors
Groshar, David; Moskovitz, Boaz; Issaq, Elias; Nativ, Ofer
- Abstract
The article focuses on the quantitative SPECT of DMSA uptake by the kidneys. Since its introduction in the early 1970s, the technetium dimercapto-succinic acid (Tc-DmSA) scan has been used as a static imaging agent to detect cortical defects in the kidneys. Scintigraphy provides an image of the functional renal parenchyma, and the renal uptake of Tc-DMSA has been shown to correlate well with the effective renal plasma flow (ERPF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and creatinine clearance. Thus the renal uptake of Tc-DMSA provides a practical index for evaluation of individual renal function.
- Subjects
KIDNEY diseases; TECHNETIUM; SUCCINIC acid; KIDNEYS; GLOMERULAR filtration rate; RENAL hypertension
- Publication
Kidney International, 1997, Vol 52, Issue 3, p817
- ISSN
0085-2538
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/ki.1997.399