The localization of function of organs of the body by external counting following injection of radio-active isotopes is a new, and rapidly developing field of study. New recording techniques are being introduced every year, and the accuracy of this method increases with improvement in instrumentation. The kidney lends itself well to this technique, as its major job is to concentrate various substances from the blood, and excrete them in the urine. Therefore hippuran, an end product of metabolism, and neohydrin, a foreign compound, are rapidly removed from the circulation, and concentrated in the kidney. "Tagging" these substances with radio-active isotopes, makes the detection of their distribution in the body easy by means of external counting techniques.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115105 |
| Date | January 1963 |
| Creators | Goodwin, David. A. |
| Contributors | Blondal, H. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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