Radionuclide cisternography in the preterm neonate.
A technique is presented for the bedside performance of radionuclide cisternography in the preterm neonate. Using a portable gamma camera, with a low energy, converging collimator, high quality diagnostic images were obtained in 31 infants, following the lumbar subarachnoid injection of 100 micro Ci In-111 DTPA. The technique is safe, and provides valuable information about CSF dynamics unavailable by any other method.
D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007204:Indium; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation
D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; D004369:Pentetic Acid