Validation of attenuation correction using transmission truncation compensation with a small field of view dedicated cardiac SPECT camera system

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-232

  Noble, Gavin L ^a   Ahlberg, Alan W ^b   Kokkirala, Aravind Rao ^b   Cullom, S James ^c   Bateman, Timothy M ^c,d,e   Cyr, Giselle M ^b   Katten, Deborah M ^b   Tadeo, Glenn D ^b   Case, James A ^c   O'Sullivan, David M ^b   Heller, Gary V ^b,f  

^a Bend Memorial Clinic   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies LLC   (United States)

^d SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Small field of view; SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging; Truncation compensation

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67649969906     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9022-4     Document Type: Article

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