Prediction of human spleen size by computer analysis of splenic scintigrams.
A method of assessing spleen size from splenic scintigraphs obtained using autologous heat damaged 99Tcm labelled red cells is described. The method depends on a "computed volume" estimate. The method has a correlation coefficient of 989 with the exsanguinated weight ofthe spleen after splenectomy and has been shown to have an accuracysuperior to methods previously described.
D003201:Computers; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006801:Humans; D009929:Organ Size; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013667:Technetium
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