Detection of myocardial viability using rest-redistribution thallium-201 imaging in a stress 99tcm-tetrofosmin/rest thallium-201 dual-isotope protocol

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-173

  Matsuno, K ^a   Kuwabara, Y ^a   Watanabe, S ^a   Kuroda, T ^a   Mikami, Y ^a   Fujii, K ^a   Saito, T ^a   Masuda, Y ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F fluorodexoyglucose positron emission tomography; Dual isotope; Rest redistribution; Thallium 201; Visibility

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CELL VIABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REST; THALLIUM; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035103409     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200102000-00008     Document Type: Review

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