Open AccessEsophageal transit study using a sliding sum image: application to patients with probable and definite systemic sclerosis
Author(s) -
Kenichi Nakajima,
Minoru Hasegawa,
Anri Inaki,
Hiroshi Wakabayashi,
Tetsuo Hosoya,
Kazuhiko Takehara,
Seigo Kinuya
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1864-6433
pISSN - 0914-7187
DOI - 10.1007/s12149-011-0465-3
Subject(s) - medicine , scleroderma (fungus) , transit time , gastroenterology , esophageal dilatation , complication , esophagus , pathology , transport engineering , inoculation , engineering
Esophageal complication is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc), but scintigraphic transit patterns based on each subtype have not been understood well. The aim of this study was to develop a new algorithm for integrating a dynamic esophageal transit study and to apply the method to patients with SSc.
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