title: Nuclear hepatobiliary imaging.
abstract: Recent improvements in hepatobiliary radiopharmaceuticals and the high prevalence of biliary tract disease have resulted in a larger role for hepatobiliary imaging in clinical applications. The use of hepatobiliary imaging in assessing hepatic blood flow, hepatocyte function, biliary drainage, and complications in patients with jaundice or abdominal pain or surgery, as well as its primary use in diagnosing acute cholecystitis, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Delpassand
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Podoloff
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Haynie
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C046767:technetium Tc 99m iminodiacetic acid