Technological Development and Advances in Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-198

  Seo, Youngho ^a,b   Mari, Carina ^a,c   Hasegawa, Bruce H ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123; (3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; ALBUMIN TC 99M; ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M; CAPROMAB PENDETIDE IN 111; COLLOID TC 99M; DEPREOTIDE TC 99M; DISOFENIN TC 99M; ERYTHROCYTE TC 99M; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE 131; MACROSALB TC 99M; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY I 131; PENTETREOTIDE IN 111; RHENIUM TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNEGAS; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATTENUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41549139159     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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