Myocardial perfusion PET/CT to evaluate known and suspected coronary artery disease

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-156

  Naya, M ^a   Di Carli, M F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diagnostic imaging; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; CALCIUM; DOBUTAMINE; RUBIDIUM 82; TRACER;

ANATOMY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77958547565     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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