PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ariane Boubaker
AU  - John O. Prior
AU  - Jean-Yves Meuwly
AU  - Angelika Bischof-Delaloye
TI  - Radionuclide Investigations of the Urinary Tract in the Era of Multimodality Imaging
DP  - 2006 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 1819--1836
VI  - 47
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/47/11/1819.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/47/11/1819.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2006 Nov 01; 47
AB  - This article presents the role of nuclear medicine procedures in investigating renal and parenchymal disease, as well as upper urinary tract abnormalities. More specifically, the use of scintigraphy is described in the exploration of urinary tract dilatation and UTIs, vesicoureteric reflux, renovascular hypertension, and renal transplants. With a low radiation burden and the absence of sedation, these nuclear medicine procedures are easy to perform and can provide clinicians with valuable data on renal perfusion and the function of individual kidneys, as well as on urinary tract dynamics. However, knowledge of limitations and technical pitfalls is essential in understanding the role of scintigraphy among contemporary imaging methods and the unique information it supplies in nephrourology.