Validation of left ventricular function from gated single photon computed emission tomography by using a scintillator-photodiode camera: a dynamic myocardial phantom study

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 639-643

  Kubo, N ^a   Mabuchi, M ^a   Katoh, C ^a   Arai, H ^a   Morita, K ^b   Tsukamoto, E ^b   Morita, Y ^b   Tamaki, N ^b  

^a Hokkaido University   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Left ventricular function; Rotating chair; Scintillator photodiode camera; Semiconductor detector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOM; RADIATION DETECTION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEMICONDUCTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036301391     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200207000-00008     Document Type: Article

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