Quantitation in gated perfusion SPECT imaging: The Cedars-Sinai approach

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 433-454

  Germano, Guido ^a,b   Kavanagh, Paul B ^a   Slomka, Piotr J ^a,b   Van Kriekinge, Serge D ^a,b   Pollard, Geoff ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 (4 IODOPHENYL) 3 METHYLPENTADECANOIC ACID I 123; ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE TEST; EXPERT SYSTEM; GATED IMAGING; GOLD STANDARD; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34547436941     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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