Diagnostic pathway of integrated SPECT/CT for coronary artery disease

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1829-1834

  Slart, Riemer H J A ^a   Tio, Rene A ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^a   Dierckx, Rudi A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; SPECT CT; Workflow

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RISK; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72149103277     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1179-9     Document Type: Review

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