Cause of apical thinning on attenuation-corrected myocardial perfusion SPECT

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1033-1039

  Okuda, Koichi ^a   Nakajima, Kenichi ^a,b   Matsuo, Shinro ^b   Wakabayashi, Hiroshi ^b   Taki, Junichi ^b   Kinuya, Seigo ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

apical thinning; attenuation corrected; multidetector row computed tomography; myocardial thickness; partial volume effect; single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MYOCARDIUM THICKNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 80053576702     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32834b69e1     Document Type: Article

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