The added value of ECG-gating for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction using myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and artificial neural networks

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 301-304

  Gjertsson, Peter ^a   Lomsky, Milan ^a   Richter, Jens ^b   Ohlsson, Mattias ^c   Tout, Deborah ^d   van Aswegen, Andries ^d   Underwood, Richard ^e   Edenbrandt, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b WeAidU in Europe AB   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Heart function tests; Image interpretation; Myocardial infarction; Neural networks; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADENOSINE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PERFUSION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747632161     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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