Methodology for ventilation/perfusion SPECT

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 415-425

  Bajc, Marika ^a   Neilly, Brian ^b   Miniati, Massimo ^c   Mortensen, Jan ^d   Jonson, Bjrn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; KRYPTON 81M; MACROSALB TC 99M; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNEGAS; XENON 133;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 77957727191     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2010.07.002     Document Type: Review

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