Clinical value of attenuation correction in stress-only Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-281

  Heller, Gary V ^a   Bateman, Timothy M ^b   Johnson, Lynne L ^c   Cullom, S James ^b   Case, James A ^b   Galt, James R ^d   Garcia, Ernest V ^d   Haddock, Keith ^e   Moutray, Kelly L ^b   Poston, Carlos ^e   Botvinick, Eli H ^f   Fish, Matthews B ^g   Follansbee, William P ^h   Hayes, Sean ⁱ   Iskandrian, Ami E ^j   Mahmarian, John J ^j   Vandecker, William ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Rhode Island Hospital ^*

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^j BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Electrocardiography gating; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GADOLINIUM 153; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBESITY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 3242673497     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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