Operator dependent variability in quantitative analysis of myocardial perfusion images

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 374-379

  Akesson L ^a   Svensson, A ^a   Edenbrandt, Lars ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Diagnosis; Heart disease; Ischaemic; Left ventricular function; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 8844221278     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2004.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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