[The signification of renal sequential scintigraphy with determination of regions of interest for the therapeutical purpose in urology (author's transl)].

Sequential scintigraphy with regions-of-interest technique has a firm position in the diagnosis of localized lesions of renal parenchyma. The method is of little annoyance to the patient and is often decisive for the further diagnostic and therapeutical proceedings. The mathematical evaluation process takes little time, an advantage in emergency cases. Main indications are pathological duplex kidneys, staghorn calculi and anomalies of renal form and position. Radiation doses are low, a valuable factor in long-term controls, above all renal trauma and urotuberculosis.