Valerie A Brookeman MD, PH.D
Radiologist | Diagnostic Ultrasound
1508 Willow Lawn Dr Suite 117 Richmond VA, 23230Rating
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Dr. Valerie Brookeman is a radiologist practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Brookeman specializes in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases using medical imaging techniques such as X-Rays, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography exams. These techniques offer accurate visibility to the inside of the patients body and help to detect otherwise hidden illnesses so that they can be treated quickly and efficiently.
Education and Training
Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1984
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR- Nuclear Radiology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Estimation of 24-hour thyroid uptake of I-131 sodium iodide using a 5-minute uptake of technetium-99m pertechnetate.
- Choledochal cyst: diagnosis in neonates.
- Patent umbilical vein. Diagnosis by technetium-99m tagged red blood cell scintigraphy.
- Cost-benefit analysis of in vitro screening tests of thyroid function.
- 169Yb-DTPA distribution and dosimetry in cisternography.
- Analysis and correction of spatial distortions produced by the gamma camera.
- Preparation of bolus 99m Tc-sulfur colloid.
- Non-Gaussian distribution of serum thyroxine levels for euthyroid population.
- T4 extraction efficiencies of three alcohols.
- Evaluation of the resin strip technique for determining serum T3 binding capacity and serum thyroxine.
- Data acquisition, a digital computer display, and analysis system for a scintillation camera.
- 99mTc-iron hydroxide aggregates for lung scanning.
- A digital computer data acquisition, display, and analysis system for the gamma camera.
- Evaluation of 99mTc-DTPA acid as a brain scanning agent.
- Determination of internal radiation absorbed dose: a computer method.
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