Quantification of technetium 99m-labeled sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography based on mean counts improves accuracy for assessment of relative regional myocardial blood flow: Experimental validation in a canine model

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 312-320

  Liu, Yi Hwa ^a   Sinusas, Albert J ^a   Shi, Cindy Q X ^a   Shen, Michael Y H ^a   Dione, Donald P ^a   Heller, Eliot N ^a   Wackers, Frans J Th ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myocardial blood flow; Quantification; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MICROSPHERE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029784185     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90091-4     Document Type: Article

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