PET/CT in cardiology: An area whose boundaries are still out of sight

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 621-623

  Lucignani, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; X RAY;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646388969     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0095-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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