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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
The effect of the application of a headband during brain scintigraphy was investigated in 11 healthy volunteers. In each person, extracranial recording of a bolus of 99mTc-pertechnetate injected intravenously was done on two occasions during a scintillation camera. On one occasion a narrow sphygmomanometer cuff encircling the head from brow to occiput and inflated to 300 mmHg was applied during measurements; another time, the procedure was identical except for the headband. A comparison between counting rates under the derived time-activity curves showed significantly lower values on headband application (p less than 0.01). Static scintigrams consisting of the first 300,000 counts recorded after bolus release with and without headband application show a clear delineation of the headband position with prevention of "halo" appearance about the cranial cavity. It has thus been possible by simple means to reduce the irrelevant radionuclide distribution which, especially during dynamic investigations of cerebral circulation, constitutes a source of error.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0161-5505
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
679-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Elimination of scalp blood flow by headband during dynamic brain scintigraphy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article