Optimal SPECT processing and display: Making bad studies look good to get the right answer

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 855-866

  Ibrahim, Dalia Y ^a   DiFilippo, Frank P ^a   Steed, Jeremy E ^a   Cerqueira, Manuel D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

ARTIFACTS; DATA DISPLAY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33845408999     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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