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Objective To explore CT angiography(CTA) method for the influence of the cerebral angiography ,looking for dif-ferent situations using which kind of scan mode can achieve the best results .Methods 350 CTA patients were selected and tested by 4 kinds of scanning methods which were subtraction scan (236) ,experience value scan (13) ,smart tracking scan (68) ,smart tracking and subtraction combined(33) .To compare and analyze that four kinds of scanning methods ,to explore which kind of method under what circumstances can get the best examination results .Results Smart tracking and subtraction combined with scan method and subtraction scan method for excellent rate of image quality were 93 .93% and 93 .64% respectively ,there were no sig-nificant statistical differences between them .Experience value method and smart tracking method for excellent rate of image quality were only 76 .92% and 66 .18% ,there was significant difference in statistics .Conclusion Subtraction scan can be used as a conventional scan method .In low dose test bolus of time-density curve detection failure cases ,smart tracking and subtraction combined with scan method was used to get the image quality with subtraction scan method ,it is an effective complement of subtraction scan method ,is worth generalization .
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PURPOSE: Recently Tc99m MIBI (methoxyisobutylisonitrile) has been described as an alternative to thallium for localizing parathyroid lesions. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of a Tc99m MIBI scan with a Tl201/Tc99m subtraction scan for localizing parathyroid lesions in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. METHODS: Among 31 cases of primary hyperparathyroidism operated on at the Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital from January 1997 to June 2001, a Tl201/Tc99m subtraction scan was performed on 16 patients and a Tc99m MIBI scan on 22 patients. Seven patients underwent both. RESULTS: The pathology was a single adenoma in 28 patients, a hyperplasia in 1 patient and a carcinoma in 2 patients. Hypercalcemia was controlled postoperatively in all cases. The sensitivities of the Tl201/Tc99m subtraction scan and Tc99m MIBI scan were 53.3% and 86.4%, respectively. The positive predictive values were 100% of the two study groups. CONCLUSION: We concluded that the better accuracy, superior image quality and lower cost of Tc99m MIBI scan will make it the new radiopharmaceutical parathyroid scan of choice. A unilateral approach can be used with a high degree of success, as in case of a preoperatively localized single parathyroid adenoma, which was confirmed when surgical exploration identified of a normal ipsilateral gland.