Cardiovascular nuclear imaging: Balancing proven clinical value and potential radiation risk

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1162-1164

  Sadeghi, Mehran M ^a   Schwartz, Ronald G ^b   Beanlands, Robert S ^c   Al Mallah, Mouaz H ^d   Bengel, Frank M ^e   Borges Neto, Salvador ^f   Botvinick, Elias H ^g   Delbeke, Dominique ^h   Deloatch, Nancy McDonald ⁱ   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^j   Dilsizian, Vasken ^k   Dorbala, Sharmila ^j   Hachamovitch, Rory ^l   He, Zuo Xiang ^m   Jain, Diwakar ⁿ   Lyons Jr , Edward L ^o   Pagnanelli, Robert A ^f   Ruddy, Terrence D ^c   Schindler, Thomas H ^p   Sinusas, Albert J ^a   Soman, Prem ^q   Strauss, H William ^r   Travin, Mark I ^s   more..

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ St Vincent's Medical Center Jacksonville   (United States)

^j BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁿ DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^p GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^s MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; ISOTOPE TRACING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 79960367207     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.090654     Document Type: Short Survey

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