Synergistic impact of attenuation correction and gating in routine myocardial SPECT reporting: 2 year follow-up study

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-397

  Taneja, Sheeba ^a   Mohan, Hosahalli K ^a   Blake, Glen M ^a   Livieratos, Lefteris ^a   Clarke, Susan E M ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Gated SPECT; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM 153; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 43149105181     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f4d374     Document Type: Article

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