A novel high-sensitivity rapid-acquisition single-photon cardiac imaging camera

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-643

  Gambhir, Sanjiv S ^a,h   Berman, Daniel S ^b   Ziffer, Jack ^c   Nagler, Michael ^d   Sandler, Martin ^e   Patton, Jim ^e   Hutton, Brian ^f   Sharir, Tali ^g   Haim, Shlomo Ben ^d   Haim, Simona Ben ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Spectrum Dynamics Ltd   (Israel)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular imaging; Myocardial perfusion sPECt; Nuclear cardiology

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRUNK;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 63849258734     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060020     Document Type: Article

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