A comprehensive analysis of renal DTPA studies. I. Theory and normal values

Nucl Med Commun. 1985 Jan;6(1):11-20. doi: 10.1097/00006231-198501000-00003.

Abstract

Gamma camera renograms, using DTPA, were analysed to obtain flow rates and transit times during the initial arterial phase (0-36 s) and the later glomerular phase (37 s onwards). This paper outlines the underlying theory, and the effect of age on all the variables, calculated from patients with normal renal function.

MeSH terms

  • Aging / physiology
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Humans
  • Mathematics
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Pentetic Acid*
  • Radioisotope Renography* / instrumentation
  • Radioisotope Renography* / methods
  • Reference Values
  • Renal Circulation
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pentetic Acid
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate