Validation of quantitative gated single photon emission computed tomography and an automated scoring system for the assessment of regional left ventricular systolic function

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 887-898

  Hashimoto, A ^a   Nakata, T ^a   Wakabayashi, T ^a   Kyuma, M ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Tsuchihashi, K ^a   Shimamoto, K ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Myocardial perfusion; Quantitative method; Regional function; SPECT

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036738108     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200209000-00013     Document Type: Article

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