Open AccessGlomerular filtration rate measured by 99mTc-DTPA Gates method is not significantly affected by the premature or delayed initiation of image acquisition
Author(s) -
Guangyu Ma,
Ming Shao,
Baixuan Xu,
Jiahe Tian,
Yingmao Chen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.06.14
Subject(s) - consistency (knowledge bases) , correlation , renal function , synchronization (alternating current) , nuclear medicine , perfusion , medicine , mathematics , computer science , cardiology , artificial intelligence , topology (electrical circuits) , geometry , combinatorics
This study was performed to examine the effect of non-synchronization of the radiotracer injection and image acquisition on estimates of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by the Gates' method.