High diagnostic accuracy of low-dose gated-SPECT with solid-state ultrafast detectors: Preliminary clinical results

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-90

  Gimelli, Alessia ^a   Bottai, Matteo ^b,c   Genovesi, Dario ^a   Giorgetti, Assuero ^a   Di Martino, Fabio ^d   Marzullo, Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Low dose ultrafast SPECT; Stress rest myocardial imaging

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN; ZINC;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DETECTOR; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SCINTISCANNING; TIME;

CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858722340     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1918-6     Document Type: Article

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