Effect of the number of projections collected on quantitative perfusion and left ventricular ejection fraction measurements from gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomographic images

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 395-402

  Germano, Guido ^a   Kavanagh, Paul B ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ejection fraction; Expert systems; Gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029805381     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(96)90074-4     Document Type: Article

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