Clinical validation of SPECT attenuation correction using x-ray computed tomography-derived attenuation maps: Multicenter clinical trial with angiographic correlation

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 676-686

  Masood, Yasmin ^a   Liu, Yi Hwa ^a   DePuey, Gordon ^b   Taillefer, Raymond ^c   Araujo, Luis I ^d   Allen, Steven ^e   Delbeke, Dominique ^f   Anstett, Frank ^g   Peretz, Aharon ^g   Zito, Mary Jo ^a   Tsatkin, Vera ^a   Wackers, Frans J Th ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Computed x ray tomography; Coronary artery disease; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244444921     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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