Recent advances and future trends in multimodality cardiac imaging

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-209

  Beller, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular imaging

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77649274138     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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