The consequences of a new software package for the quantification of gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion studies

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1736-1744

  Van Der Veen, Berlinda J ^a   Scholte, Arthur J ^a   Dibbets Schneider, Petra ^a   Stokkel, Marcel P M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End diastolic volume; End systolic volume; Left ventricular ejection fraction; Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Quantitative software packages

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956185545     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1465-6     Document Type: Article

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