Quality of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission tomography imaging: Multicentre evaluation with a cardiac phantom

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1289-1297

  Heikkinen, Jari ^a   Ahonen, Aapo ^b   Kuikka, Jyrki T ^c   Rautio, Pentti ^d  

^a MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

External quality assurance; Myocardial perfusion; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINLAND; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FINLAND; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032851219     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050585     Document Type: Article

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