Quality assurance in myocardial perfusion tomography a collaborative bncs/bnms audit programme

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 831-838

  Prvulovich, Elizabeth ^a   Jarritt, P H ^a   Vivian, G C ^b   Clarke, S E ^c   Pennell, D J ^d   Underwood, S R ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART PERFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; TOMOSCINTIGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031791010     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199809000-00003     Document Type: Article

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