The assessment of infarct size in postmyocardial infarction patients undergoing thallium-201 tomographic imaging is improved using attenuation correction

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 352-357

  Chouraqui, Pierre ^a   Livschitz, Shy ^b   Baron, Jack ^b   Moalem, Israel ^b   Shechter, Michael ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Myocardial infarct size; T1 201 SPECT

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; THALLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 2442697758     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000127089.58427.c5     Document Type: Article

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