Usefulness of 67Ga SPECT and integrated low-dose CT scanning (SPECT/CT) in the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 545-551

  Momose, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kadoya, Masumi ^a   Koshikawa, Megumi ^a   Matsushita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

67Gallium; Cardiac sarcoidosis; CT; Fusion; SPECT

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; CITRIC ACID; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM; GALLIUM CITRATE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HEART SARCOIDOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CITRATES; FEMALE; GALLIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37349035248     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-007-0064-5     Document Type: Article

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