Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: Algorithm-specific influence of reorientation on calculation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1636-1642

  Knollmann, Daniela ^a   Winz, Oliver H ^a   Meyer, Philipp T ^a   Raptis, Mardjan ^a   Krohn, Thomas ^a   Koch, Karl Christian ^a   Schaefer, Wolfgang M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D MSPECT; CARE heart; Gated SPECT; QGS; Reorientation

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PERFUSION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 53749096998     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.050484     Document Type: Article

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