Use of myocardial perfusion imaging and estimation of associated radiation doses in Germany from 2005 to 2012

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 963-971

  Lindner, O ^a   Bengel, F M ^b   Hacker, M ^c   Schafer W ^d   Burchert, W ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d KLINIKEN MARIA HILF GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; Radiation exposure; Survey; Utilization statistics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; REGADENOSON; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; GATED SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CARDIAC-GATED SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER-ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 84899054793     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2683-5     Document Type: Article

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