Basic calculations for renal function assessment in nuclear medicine techniques

Authors

  • Chanan Sukprakun Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, 10330
  • Tawatchai Chaiwatanarat Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330

Abstract

In this review article, the authors give basic calculations for renal function assessment in nuclear medicine techniques including evaluation of renal clearance measured by urine and plasma sampling, plasma sampling only, or renal scintigraphy with Patlak-Rutland method and integral method. Furthermore, there are calculations of renal transit time, renal output efficiency and normalized residual activity.

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2022-12-31

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Sukprakun C, Chaiwatanarat T. Basic calculations for renal function assessment in nuclear medicine techniques. Thai J Rad Tech [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 May 5];47(1):23-34. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjrt/article/view/254913

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Vol. 47 No. 1 (2022): January - December

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