Performance of cardiac cadmium-zinc-telluride gamma camera imaging in coronary artery disease: a review from the cardiovascular committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2423-2432

  Agostini, Denis ^a   Marie, Pierre Yves ^b   Ben Haim, Simona ^c,d   Rouzet, François ^e   Songy, Bernard ^f   Giordano, Alessandro ^g   Gimelli, Alessia ^h   Hyafil, Fabien ⁱ   Sciagrà, Roberto ^j   Bucerius, Jan ^k,l,m   Verberne, Hein J ⁿ   Slart, Riemer H J A ^o,p   Lindner, Oliver ^q   Hacker, Christopher Marcus ^r  

^a NORMANDIE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e Site Xavier Bichat and Département Hospitalo Universitaire Fibrosis Inflammation and Remodeling   (France)

^f CENTRE CARDIOLOGIQUE DU NORD   (France)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

ⁱ BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^k MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

ⁿ ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^q RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^r NONE

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Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; CZT camera; Diagnosis; Perfusion; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE GAMMA CAMERA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAMMA CAMERA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ANALYSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAMMA RADIATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

EID: 84982289292     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-016-3467-5     Document Type: Review

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