Physiological considerations in radionuclide imaging of the penis during impotence therapy.
The increased use of intracorporeal drugs in the treatment of impotence has advanced our understanding of erectile physiology. Radionuclide imaging of the penis (nuclear penogram) has provided clinicians with a noninvasive, objective measure of blood flow and blood pool changes during erection and with assistance in the quantitative documentation of therapeutic effect.
Chaudhuri
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Nuclear Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, Hamptom, Virginia 23667.
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Burger
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D004338:Drug Combinations; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010208:Papaverine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010410:Penile Erection; D010413:Penis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010646:Phentolamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013667:Technetium
D004338:Drug Combinations; D013667:Technetium; D010208:Papaverine; D010646:Phentolamine