Multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of correction for photon attenuation and scatter in SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2742-2749

  Hendel, Robert C ^a,f   Berman, Daniel S ^b   Cullom, S James ^c   Follansbee, William ^f   Heller, Gary V ^f   Kiat, Hosen ^d   Groch, Mark W ^a   Mahmarian, John J ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sydney Cardiology Group   (Australia)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Imaging; Nuclear medicine; Perfusion; Radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033152366     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.21.2742     Document Type: Article

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