A Software Tool for the Assessment of Salivary Gland Function

Autor: M. M. Jankovic, A. Koljević Marković, S. Odalović, D. B. Popović, N. Petrović, V. Artiko
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Telfor Journal, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 59-63 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1821-3251
Popis: Salivary gland scintigraphy (SGS) is a noninvasive, simple and reproducible technique for the functional evaluation of salivary gland involvement in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome. Using Labview environment (National Instruments, Austin, Texas) we have developed a software tool for the automatic calculation of most commonly investigated salivary and oral indices derived from salivary time-activity curves. We have shown examples that illustrate the application of the software. Our software enables the comparison of findings among several research centers with the aim of standardizing a processing protocol, defining the reference values of quantitative indices and introducing new salivary indices.
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