Low-dose thallium-201 protocol with a cadmium-zinc-telluride cardiac camera

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 464-469

  Songy, Bernard ^a   Guernou, Mohamed ^a   Lussato, David ^a   Queneau, Mathieu ^a   Geronazzo, Ricardo ^a  

^a North Cardiology Hospital (CCN)   (France)

Author keywords

cadmium zinc telluride detectors; dosimetry; myocardial perfusion imaging; single photon emission computed tomography thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE CARDIAC CAMERA; CAMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CADMIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELLURIUM; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ZINC;

EID: 84859431002     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283504543     Document Type: Article

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