Yield of a novel ultra-low-dose computed tomography device mounted on a dedicated cardiac SPECT system in improving the accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging and the detection of chest abnormalities

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-310

  Zafrir, Nili ^a   Shafir, Gigeon ^a   Kovalski, Gil ^b   Mats, Israel ^a   Bouhnik, Jean Paul ^b   Battler, Alexander ^a   Solodky, Alejandro ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Calcifications; Chest abnormality; MPI; Ultra low dose CT

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CALCIFICATION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863500708     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9498-1     Document Type: Article

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