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Radioisotope serial brainscanning

Scintigraphie cérébrale en série

Hirn-Serien-Szintigraphie mit radioaktiven Substanzen

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A technique is described for the detection and vascular characterisation of intracranial lesions which consists of the administration of 99mTc (15 mCi) by intravenous bolus injection followed by rapid sequential recording using an Anger Camera, 1600 channel analyser and a magnetic tape transport and memory system. Using this method, and after correlation with 10 normals it was possible to demonstrate in 46 patients with proved intracranial lesions an increase or decrease of activity corresponding to the nature of the lesion.

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Les auteurs décrivent une méthode pour la détection et la caractérisation vasculaire de lésions intracrâniennes qui consiste en injection intraveineuse rapide de 99mTc (15 mCi), puis enregistrement séquentiel rapide à l'aide d'une Camera Anger de 1600 canaux analyseurs et un enregistrement sur bande magnétique pour mémoire. En utilisant cette méthode et après comparaison avec 10 cas normaux, les auteurs purent démontrer chez 46 malades porteurs de lésions intracrâniennes vérifiées une augmentation ou une diminution de l'activité suivant la nature de la lésion.

Zusammenfassung

Durch schnelle Serien-Szintigraphie nach Injektion von Tc 99m mit nachfolgenden Untersuchungen mit der Anger-Kamera wurde bei 46 Patienten die Radioaktivität im Bereich des Hirntumors festgestellt. Aufgrund der Art des Anstiegs und des Abfalls der Aktivität konnte die Art der Läsion bestimmt werden.

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Kvíĉala, V., Ulrychová, J. Radioisotope serial brainscanning. Neuroradiology 3, 92–96 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00339902

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