Acquisition

 

- Use gammacamera with paralell high resolution collimator for imaging.

- Patient should swallow tracer in water bolus in front of the camera detector and obtain a dynamic study in anterior projection for 50 s, 2 frames per s.

- Perform 2 acquisitions supine and 1 standing.

 

Martin-Comin J.. Estudio de la Motilidad Digestiva. Absorción y Perdidas Proteicas. Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal. Test del Aliento, p: 239-247 in: Medicina Nuclear Aplicaciones Clínicas. Eds: I. Carrio - P. González. Editorial Masson, Barcelona España, 2003.

 

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