Assessment of biventricular function using gated blood pool SPECT with QBS software: Comparison with planar radionuclide ventriculography

Kakuigaku

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 469-476

  Nakajo, Hidenobu ^a   Kumita, Shin ichiro ^a   Cho, Keiichi ^a   Mizumura, Sunao ^a   Toba, Masahiro ^a   Fukushima, Yoshimitsu ^a   Oshina, Takashi ^a   Kumazaki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

99mTc human serum albumin DTPA; First pass radionuclide angiography; Multigated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography; Quantitative gated blood pool SPECT (QBS); Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD POOL SCINTISCANNING; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; GATED IMAGING; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLANAR RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036956055     PISSN: 00227854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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