Mutidetector-row CT and quantitative gated SPECT for the assessment of left ventricular function in small hearts: The cardiac physical phantom study using a combined SPECT/CT system

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1818-1825

  Utsunomiya, Daisuke ^a,b   Tomiguchi, Seiji ^b   Awai, Kazuo ^b   Shiraishi, Shinya ^b   Nakaura, Takeshi ^b   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, multi detector row; Heart, LV function; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33745867926     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0102-4     Document Type: Article

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