Open AccessRole of technetium-99m-ethylenedicysteine in the calculation of differential renal function: A comparison study with dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scintigraphy
Author(s) -
Raheleh Hedayati,
Sepideh Hekmat,
F Rastgou,
Nahid Yaghoobi,
Hassan Firoozabadi,
Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi,
Hadi Malek,
Somaie Arabshameli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_94_20
Subject(s) - dimercaptosuccinic acid , medicine , scintigraphy , nuclear medicine , renal function , technetium 99m , technetium , radioisotope renography , radiology , kidney
The aim of our study was to compare the technetium-99m (Tc-99m)-ethylenedicysteine (EC) renography calculation of differential renal function (DRF) with this measurement using Tc-99m-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy.