The future of SPECT MPI: Time and dose reduction

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 580-587

  Henzlova, Milena J ^a   Duvall, W Lane ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 80052518369     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9401-0     Document Type: Review

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