Low radiation dose imaging of myocardial perfusion and coronary angiography with a hybrid PET/CT scanner

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Kajander, Sami ^a   Ukkonen, H ^a   Sipila H ^a   Teras M ^a   Knuuti, J ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

CT; CTA; Hybrid imaging; PET; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149299514     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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