Validation of CT attenuation correction for high-speed myocardial perfusion imaging using a novel cadmium-zinc-telluride detector technique

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1539-1544

  Herzog, Bernhard A ^a   Buechel, Ronny R ^a   Husmann, Lars ^a   Pazhenkottil, Aju P ^a   Burger, Irene A ^a   Wolfrum, Mathias ^a   Nkoulou, Rene N ^a   Valenta, Ines ^a   Ghadri, Jelena R ^a   Treyer, Valerie ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Cadmium zinc telluride; Cardiology (clinical); SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; BODY MASS; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE DETECTOR; CAMERA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELLURIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS; ZINC;

EID: 79851503326     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.078170     Document Type: Article

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