Title :
Quantitative evaluation of rabbit´s hepatic function by HEF, DISADA-K, and ICG Rmax methods
Author :
Kim, D.W. ; Kim, S.C. ; Yoon, S.J. ; Lee, J.D. ; Kim, B.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
The hepatic extraction fraction (HEF), DISIDA-K, and ICG Rmax were obtained to evaluate hepatic function for two normal and four abnormal rabbits with rapidly damaged livers. The correlation coefficients among these three methods were found. The correlation coefficient between the HEF and ICG Rmax which is a standard technique in evaluating hepatic function was found to be 0.93. Therefore the HEF is assumed to be a valuable diagnostic method since it is not only accurate and simple, but possible to estimate remaining hepatic function after surgical removal of cancerous hepatic tissues
Keywords :
liver; medical image processing; radioisotope imaging; surgery; 99mTc images; DISADA-K; HEF; ICG Rmax method; Tc; abnormal rabbits; cancerous hepatic tissues; correlation coefficients; diagnostic method; normal rabbits; nuclear medicine; quantitative evaluation; rabbit´s hepatic function evaluation; rapidly damaged livers; remaining hepatic function; surgical removal; Blood; Data acquisition; Deconvolution; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Equations; Heart; Injuries; Liver; Rabbits; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.652724
