Quantitative measurement of renal plasma flow by positron emission tomography with oxygen-15 water

Tohoku J Exp Med. 1989 Dec;159(4):283-9. doi: 10.1620/tjem.159.283.

Abstract

We successfully determined renal plasma flow in the human kidney by means of positron emission tomography (PET) with oxygen-15 water using a one compartment model.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney / blood supply*
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxygen Radioisotopes
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed

Substances

  • Oxygen Radioisotopes