Comparison of SPECT and ectomography for evaluating myocardial perfusion with technetium-99m-sestamibi

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 754-759

  Dale, Susanne M ^a  

^a Division of Medical Engineering   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Ectomography; Myocardial perfusion; SPECT; Technetium 99m sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030986278     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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