82-Rubidium - The dawn of cardiac PET in Europe?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1963-1964

  Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a Schweizerische Nationalfonds SNF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15; RADIOISOTOPE; RUBIDIUM 82;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CYCLOTRON; DRUG HALF LIFE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; NOTE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EUROPE; HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 36749072958     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0632-x     Document Type: Note

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