Quantitative measurement of renal function using Ga-68-EDTA.
We studied renal function using a positron emission tomography with C15O gas and 68Ga-EDTA in 6 normal subjects (male, 21-77 years old). The blood volume (ml/100 g (kidney] was 19.2 +/- 1.8 for the one 21 years old subject and 11.8 +/- 2.0 for the rest (65-77 years old). The glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/100 g (kidney] was 57.8 +/- 1.1 for the 21 years old subject and 30.4 +/- 2.8 for the rest.
Yamashita
M
M
Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Inaba
T
T
Kawase
Y
Y
Horii
H
H
Wakita
K
K
Fujii
R
R
Nakahashi
H
H
D000368:Aged; D004492:Edetic Acid; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012079:Renal Circulation; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D004492:Edetic Acid