Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Heba M. Elshafai

Publications

• Research Article
  Evaluating the Efficacy of Bone Tracer ^99mTC-MDP in Detecting Individual Renal Function Compared to Renal Cortical Imaging Agent ^99mTC-DMSA
  Author(s): Magda S. Hanafy, Maged Abdelgalil Hamed and Heba M. ElshafaiMagda S. Hanafy, Maged Abdelgalil Hamed and Heba M. Elshafai
  
  This study was performed to evaluate the usefulness of bone tracer 99mTC-MDP in detecting renal disorders by imaging of renal cortex for patients with cortical defect and estimation of split renal function (SRF) as compared with renal cortical imaging agent 99mTC-DMSA. In this study 23 patients (6 males, 17 females) with range age of 16y -75y (mean 45.6y ± 17.4y), and a total of 46 studies (using both 99mTC-DMSA and 99mTC-MDP per patient for left and right kidneys) were performed for detecting renal disorders. Both studies were performed within 48 hours between each other. SRF was calculated in all cases from renal uptake of the tracers into the region of interest by using computer acquired data of gamma camera. For detecting renal cortex abnormalities, all cortical scars and defects scars seen on 99mTc-DMSA scan were also detected by 99mTc-MDP. The results showed that .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.S8-003

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