Analysis of serial images: A challenge and an opportunity

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-26

  Iskandrian, Ami E ^a   Garcia, Ernest V ^b   Faber, Tracy ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THALLIUM 201;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 38649102854     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.09.021     Document Type: Editorial

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