Influence of the postexercise acquisition delay on the detection of functional abnormalities in sestamibi-gated SPECT

Roberto Sciagrà,Barbara Sotgia,Manjola Dona,Alberto Pupi

Influence of the postexercise acquisition delay on the detection of functional abnormalities in sestamibi-gated SPECT

2007

Roberto Sciagrà
Barbara Sotgia
Manjola Dona
Alberto Pupi

Background Gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) identifies functional changes produced by ischemia, but the influence of acquisition delay on their detection is not established.

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Single-photon emission computed tomography
Internal medicine
Radiology
Ischemia
Gated SPECT
End-systolic volume
Stress testing
Coronary artery disease
Nuclear medicine
Ejection fraction
Cardiology
End-diastolic volume
Medicine
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
myocardial ischemia
Gated Blood-Pool Imaging
image enhancement

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