Myocardial perfusion and function: Single photon emission computed tomography

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Hansen, Christopher L ^a   Goldstein, Richard A ^a   Akinboboye, Olakunle O ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^a   Botvinick, Elias H ^a   Churchwell, Keith B ^a   Cooke, C David ^a   Corbett, James R ^a   Cullom, S James ^a   Dahlberg, Seth T ^a   Druz, Regina S ^a   Ficaro, Edward P ^a   Galt, James R ^a   Garg, Ravi K ^a   Germano, Guido ^a   Heller, Gary V ^a   Henzlova, Milena J ^a   Hyun, Mark C ^a   Johnson, Lynne L ^a   Mann, April ^a   McCallister Jr , Benjamin D ^a   Quaife, Robert A ^a   Ruddy, Terrence D ^a   Sundaram, Senthil N ^a   Taillefer, Raymond ^a   Ward, R Parker ^a   Mahmarian, John J ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ARTIFACT; COLLIMATOR; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION;

CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 36049024879     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.09.023     Document Type: Editorial

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