Multicenter investigation comparing a highly efficient half-time stress-only attenuation correction approach against standard rest-stress Tc-99m SPECT imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 726-735

  Bateman, Timothy M ^a,b,e   Heller, Gary V ^c   McGhie, A Iain ^a   Courter, Staci A ^b   Golub, Robert A ^d   Case, James A ^b   Cullom, S James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies LLC   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Cardiology Associates of Central Connecticut   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Radionuclides; Single photon emission computed tomography; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM 153; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349652052     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9109-6     Document Type: Article

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