Diagnostic performance of an expert system for the interpretation of myocardial perfusion SPECT studies

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1185-1191

  Garcia, E V ^a   Cooke, C D ^a   Folks, R D ^a   Santana, C A ^a   Krawczynska, E G ^a   De Braal, L ^a   Ezquerra, N F ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Expert systems; Myocardial perfusion SPECT; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034905126     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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