Prospects for advancing nuclear cardiology by means of new detector designs

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 691-696

  Nichols, Kenneth J ^a   Tosh, Andrew ^b   Palestro, Christopher J ^a  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA RADIATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOLOGY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRANSDUCERS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349652459     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-009-9123-8     Document Type: Editorial

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