Validation of an evaluation routine for left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction and wall motion from gated cardiac FDG PET: A comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 545-553

  Schaefer, Wolfgang M ^a   Lipke, Claudia S A ^a   Nowak, Bernd ^a   Kaiser, Hans Juergen ^a   Buecker, Arno ^a   Krombach, Gabriele A ^a   Buell, Udalrich ^a   Kühl, Harald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; Gated FDG PET; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Left ventricular volumes; Quantitative gated SPET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037992903     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1123-3     Document Type: Article

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