Automatic analysis of ventricular function by nuclear imaging

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 425-429

  Germano, Guido ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM 201;

ALGORITHM; AUTOANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031725439     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-199811000-00007     Document Type: Review

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