Physical attributes, limitations, and future potential for PET and SPECT

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Garcia, Ernest V ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT); Hybrid PET CT; Hybrid PET MR; Noise regularization; Resolution recovery; Solid state cameras; Ultrafast cardiac cameras

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GERMANIUM 68; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; CAMERA; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA RADIATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NOISE REDUCTION; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; FORECASTING; HEART; HEART DISEASE; SCINTISCANNING;

FORECASTING; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84861505429     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9488-3     Document Type: Review

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