Downstream resource utilization following hybrid cardiac imaging with an integrated cadmium-zinc-telluride/64-slice CT device

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 430-436

  Fiechter, Michael ^a,b   Ghadri, Jelena R ^a   Wolfrum, Mathias ^a   Kuest, Silke M ^a   Pazhenkottil, Aju P ^a   Nkoulou, Rene N ^a   Herzog, Bernhard A ^a   Gebhard, Cathérine ^a   Fuchs, Tobias A ^a   Gaemperli, Oliver ^a   Kaufmann, Philipp A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac hybrid imaging; CZT; Downstream resource utilization; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TELLURIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT CARE;

CADMIUM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELLURIUM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZINC;

EID: 84859641806     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-011-1999-2     Document Type: Article

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