Quantitative analysis of 99tcm-sestamibi myocardial perfusion spect using a three-dimensional reference heart: A comparison with experienced observers

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-163

  Verbeme, H J ^a   Habraken, J B A ^a   van Royen, E A ^a   Tiel Van Buul, M M C ^a   Piek, J J ^a   van ECK Smit, B L F ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

99Tcm sestamibi; Radionuclide myocardial perfusion studies; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035257253     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200102000-00007     Document Type: Review

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