Lower dose and shorter acquisition: Pushing the boundaries of myocardial perfusion SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 830-832

  Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; TECHNETIUM 99M; WATER O 15;

CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CYCLOTRON; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 83255194182     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9410-z     Document Type: Editorial

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