Published 1997
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Thyroid/parotid ratio a new cost effective parameter for assessment of functional status of the thyroid gland
- 1. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (India). Department of Nuclear Medicine
Description
This prospective study was under-taken to evaluate the efficacy of a new parameter for the assessment of thyroid function, During routine thyroid scan under the Gamma Camera ratio of activity in the thyroid and parotid gland (T/P ratio) was calculated using ROI technique. Sensitivity and specifications of this T/P ratio was analyzed in 455 non selected and fully worked up patients after standaridising the normal value in 20 voluntaries who had no thyroid diseases . The overall sensitivity was found to be 93.7 % and specificity 85.5%. This parameter could also be used to differentiate borderline hyperthyroidism from thyroiditis
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Centro de Informacion de la Informacion de La Energia Nuclear.
- Imprint Place
- La Habana (Cuba)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of firsts workshop on Nuclear and related techniques in health
- Imprint Pagination
- 226 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 36-38.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Cuba
- Country of Input or Organization
- Cuba
- INIS RN
- 28074574
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; GAMMA CAMERAS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSES; TECHNETIUM 99; THYROID; THYROIDITIS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CAMERAS; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE DISEASES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MAN; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES