Uk audit of left ventricular ejection fraction estimation from equilibrium ecg gated blood pool images

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-215

  Skrypniuk, John V ^a   Bailey, Dale ^a   Cosgriff, Philip S ^a   Fleming, John S ^a   Houston, Alex S ^a   Jarritt, Peter H ^a   Whalley, David R ^a  

^a IPEM Nuclear Medicine Software Working Party   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; LVEF; MUGA; Software

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; IMAGE QUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 15744395079     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200503000-00005     Document Type: Article

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