A new automated method for analysis of gated-SPECT images based on a three-dimensional heart shaped model

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 234-240

  Lomsky, Milan ^a   Richter, Jens ^b   Johansson, Lena ^a   El Ali, Henrik ^c   Åström, Karl ^b   Ljungberg, Michael ^c   Edenbrandt, Lars ^a,d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer assisted diagnosis; Gated SPECT; Image processing; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; QGS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 21644456448     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2005.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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