A geometry- And count-based method for gated SPECT quantification of myocardial thickness, left ventricular volume, and ejection fraction

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 159-165

  Liu, Yi Hwa ^a   Khaimov, Daniel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical nuclear imaging; Nuclear cardiology; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS;

BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY; SPECT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644422173     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.843621     Document Type: Article

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