Gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: The further improvements of an excellent tool

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-144

  Cuocolo, A ^a,b   Petretta, M ^a   Acampa, W ^b   De Falco, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Tomography, emission computed, single photon; Ventricular function, left

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GAMMA RADIATION; GATED SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77958568031     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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