Dynamic single photon emission computed tomography-basic principles and cardiac applications

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Gullberg, Grant T ^a   Reutter, Bryan W ^a   Sitek, Arkadiusz ^b   Maltz, Jonathan S ^a,c   Budinger, Thomas F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HEART; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 78149339386     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/20/R01     Document Type: Review

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