False-positive findings on myocardial perfusion SPECT [1]

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1597-

  Kirch, Dennis ^a   Koss, John ^a   Bublitz, Todd ^a   Steele, Peter ^a  

^a Western Cardiology Associates Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION; ARTIFACT; BODY POSTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSTURE; PRONE POSITION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 6944226161     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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