Evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction by the quantitative algorithms qgs, ectb, lmc and lvgtf using gated myocardial perfusion spect: investigation of relative accuracy

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-332

  Khalil, Magdy Mohamed ^a   Elgazzar, Abdelhamid ^b   Khalil, Wafaa ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gated Myocardial SPECT; Left ventricular EF; Quantitative methods; Relative accuracy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; STROKE VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

EID: 33746884324     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000202861.67293.95     Document Type: Article

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