Automatic quantification of defect size using normal templates: A comparative clinical study of three commercially available algorithms

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1827-1834

  De Sutter, J ^a   Van de Wiele, C ^a   D'Asseler, Yves ^b   De Bondt, P ^a   De Backer, G ^a   Rigo, P ^c   Dierckx, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infarct size; Quantification; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033638383     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590000389     Document Type: Article

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