Elastic surface contour detection for the measurement of ejection fraction in myocardial perfusion SPET

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-55

  Stegger, L ^a   Biedenstein, S ^a   Schafers K P ^a   Schober, O ^a   Schafers M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contour detection; Ejection fraction; Elastic surfaces; Myocardium; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PHANTOM; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035142161     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590000391     Document Type: Article

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