Advances in rubidium PET and integrated imaging with CT angiography

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-141

  Smith, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; RUBIDIUM 82; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201; TRACER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RUBIDIUM;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449105075     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-008-0023-3     Document Type: Review

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