A computer-assisted method for semi-quantitative assessment of salivary gland diseases.
The authors report on a computer-assisted method that allows a semi-quantitative assessment of salivary gland function under normal and pathologic conditions. They illustrate some mathematical procedures suitable for this purpose and the results achieved in various salivary gland diseases.
D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012465:Salivary Duct Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013667:Technetium
D013667:Technetium; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m