Nuclear Medicine
Studies from Southampton University provide new data on nuclear medicine
Published in Hospital Business Week, April 29th, 2007
New investigation results, "An improved equation for correcting slope-intercept measurements of glomerular filtration rate for the single exponential approximation," are detailed in a study published in Nuclear Medicine Communications. According to a study from the United Kingdom, "Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is commonly assessed by plasma sampling using the slope-intercept technique. This method assumes a single exponential approximation to the plasma curve."
"To obtain an accurate estimate of GFR it is necessary to correct the slope-intercept value for the approximation. This is commonly done using the Brochner-Mortensen equation. This has been validated...
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