Repeatability and reproducibility of phase analysis of gated single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging used to quantify cardiac dyssynchrony

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-381

  Trimble, Mark A ^a   Velazquez, Eric J ^a   Adams, George L ^a   Honeycutt, Emily F ^a   Pagnanelli, Robert A ^a   Barnhart, Huiman X ^b   Chen, Ji ^b   Iskandrian, Ami E ^b   Garcia, Ernest V ^b   Borges Neto, Salvador ^b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyssynchrony; Heart failure; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43149099015     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f81380     Document Type: Article

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