Impact of image reconstruction on phase analysis of ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT studies

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 700-705

  Li, Dianfu ^a   Zhou, Yanli ^a   Feng, Jianlin ^a   Yuan, Donglan ^a   Cao, Kejiang ^a   Garcia, Ernest V ^b   Chen, Ji ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography; Image reconstruction; Left ventricular dyssynchrony; Phase analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUDENT T TEST;

CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 68249147552     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32832ad83d     Document Type: Article

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