Gerald Burke

Scintillation Camera Renography in the Study of Prolonged Renal Transit Time

We have previously noted (1–3) that three distinct intrarenal mechanisms may prolong renal Hippuran transit time while yielding entirely similar abnormalities of renogram contour. The present communication demonstrates the manner in which the concomitant scintiphoto-graphic study of renal topography and intercompartmental transit of I131-Hippuran permits delineation of the basis for prolongation of renal transit time in disparate diseases of the kidney. Materials and Methods The following technic is designed to visualize each kidney separately. After receiving a localizing dose of Hg203-Neohy-drin, the seated patient is positioned with his back apposed to the face of the crystal so as to place one renal area approximately at the center of the crystal surface. (If the patient is unable to remain seated for any length of time, the study is performed with the patient supine.) The spectrometer is then set to accept the 0.279 MeV gamma of Hg203-Neohydrin, and the patient is realigned so that on scintiphotograp...

Review of Essential Cardiology: A Primer

Excerpt To the editor: Dr. Buckmans review ( 1 ) of Dr. Kannans textbook,Essential Endocrinology: A Primer for Nonspecialists, ( 1 ) should not go unanswered. Most if not all multiauthored textbo...

Dynamic Clinical Studies with Radionuclides and the Scintillation Camera.

Excerpt The scintillation camera has to date been used primarily as a qualitative pictorial device. This report reviews the results obtained in a series of over 300 patients with scintillation came...