title: [Nuclear medicine diagnosis of the liver].
abstract: Four types of radionuclide investigations are described here: 99mTc-labeled red blood cell scintigraphy, colloid liver scintigraphy, hepatobiliary scintigraphy, and positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose. The role of nuclear imaging techniques in the diagnosis of liver diseases has changed in recent years and now compliments morphological imaging modalities by offering the unique ability to visualize function and metabolism. The studies described here are therefore rarely performed now by themselves for the delineation of secondary liver tumors. These radionuclide investigations are used principally to narrow the differential diagnosis of focal liver disease.
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. neumannc@uni-muenster.de
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Neumann
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Schober
mesh_terms: D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D020518:Focal Nodular Hyperplasia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18