In:
Acta Radiologica, SAGE Publications, Vol. 36, No. 4-6 ( 1995-07), p. 410-417
Abstract:
Iohexol and 99m Tc-DTPA were used in 43 patients to determine the relative glomerular filtration rate (GFR), i.e., the GFR of each kidney in percent of total GFR. The amount of any GFR marker accumulating in Bowman's space, tubuli and renal pelvis within a few minutes after i.v. injection, before any marker had left the kidney via the ureter, was defined as proportional to the GFR of that kidney. The renal accumulation of iohexol was determined by CT using 10 slices of 8-mm thickness 1 to 4 minutes after injection. The renal accumulation of 99m Tc-DTPA was determined with a gamma camera within 2 minutes after injection. The correlation coefficient between the two methods was 0.98. Due to the higher radiation dose from CT than from 99m Tc-DTPA injection, relative GFR determination with CT should be performed when there is also a diagnostic need to reveal morphology.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0284-1851
,
1600-0455
DOI:
10.1177/028418519503600416
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1995
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2024579-8
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