Influence of Early Bladder Imaging in Experimental Rabbits on the Quantitative Determination of Glomerular Filtration Rate by the Gates Method

Figure 2

Results of dynamic renal scintigraphy at baseline in the rabbit. The examination was performed on the 82nd day of right ureteral obstruction; the time below each frame of the images in panels (a) and (b) indicates the start time of acquisition. (a) The phase of blood flow perfusion. (b) The phase of renal function. No radioactivity is observed in the bladder in 60-120 s, and a small amount of urine radioactivity distribution is observed in the bladder in 120-180 s. (c) The renogram and the functional parameters. The GFR of the left kidney is 78.6 ml/min, and the GFR of the right kidney is 22.6 ml/min. (d) The outlined ROI of the kidney and background.

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