Reliability of enhanced gated SPECT in assessing wall motion of severely hypoperfused myocardium: Echocardiographic validation

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-394

  Nichols, Kenneth ^a   DePuey, E Gordon ^b   Krasnow, Norman ^b   Lefkowitz, David ^b   Rozanski, Alan ^b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Gated SPECT; Image enhancement; Wall motion

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIASTOLE; DYSKINESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031657196     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(98)90144-1     Document Type: Article

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