The new-generation positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanners: Implications for cardiac imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-392

  Bacharach, Stephen L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; CESIUM 137; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; LUTETIUM; OXYGEN 15; RUBIDIUM 82; SILICATE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4243118644     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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