Advances in nuclear cardiac instrumentation with a view towards reduced radiation exposure

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-216

  Slomka, Piotr J ^a   Dey, Damini ^a   Duvall, W Lane ^b   Henzlova, Milena J ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^a   Germano, Guido ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Fast SPECT; Myocardial perfusion PET; Myocardial perfusion SPECT; Nuclear cardiac instrumentation; Nuclear cardiology; Radiation dose; Reduced radiation exposure; Solid state detectors

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RUBIDIUM 82; TECHNETIUM 99M; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; WATER O 15;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84861097100     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: 15343170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-012-0248-z     Document Type: Article

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