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- Title
Experience with a simplified, standardized 4-hour gastric-emptying protocol.
- Authors
Ziessman, Harvey A; Bonta, Dacian V; Goetze, Sibyll; Ravich, William J
- Abstract
Gastric-emptying studies have no accepted standard methodology or reference values. A simplified standardized protocol with a large reference database has been proposed, with imaging obtained at only 0, 1, 2, and 4 h. The rationale for its 4-h length is data suggesting that delayed emptying is detected with higher sensitivity at 4 h than at 2 h. The purpose of the current investigation was to review our 2-y experience using this protocol, to determine the added value of 4-h imaging, and to determine whether the lag phase can predict delayed emptying.
- Publication
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2007, Vol 48, Issue 4, p568
- ISSN
0161-5505
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2967/jnumed.106.036616