An assessment of the sensitivity of the Cedars-Sinai quantitative gated SPECT software to changes in the reconstruction of the short-axis slices

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-126

  Fredericks, Nicole ^a   Baxter, Paul ^a   McKay, Erin ^a   Smart, Richard ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fraction; Left ventricular ejection; Quantitative gated SPECT; Technetium 99m sestamibi; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033037901     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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