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liver scan [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tomography
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
CONT

Color rescan of a black-and-white liver scan seen from in front.

OBS

scan: Shortened form of scintiscan, q.v.; variously designated, according to the organ under examination, as brain scan, kidney scan, thyroid scan, etc.

OBS

scintiscan: a two-dimensional representation (map) of the gamma rays emitted by a radioisotope, revealing its varying concentration in a specific tissue of the body ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tomographie
  • Médecine nucléaire
  • Foie et voies biliaires
DEF

Scintillogramme du foie après injection de produits isotopiques qui se fixent dans cet organe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tomografía
  • Medicina nuclear
  • Hígado y conductos biliares
DEF

Tomografía nuclear del hígado previa inyección de una sustancia radiactiva.

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