European Journal of Radiology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 154-158 , August 2010

Hybrid cardiac SPECT/64-slice CTA-derived LV function parameters: Correlation and reproducibility assessment

  • Sobhi Abadi

      Affiliations

    • Medical Imaging Department, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G2C4 Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 647 2621419.
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  • Olga R. Brook

      Affiliations

    • Medical Imaging Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel
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  • Shmuel Rispler

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel
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  • Alex Frenkel

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel
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  • Ahuva Engel

      Affiliations

    • Medical Imaging Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel
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  • Zohar Keidar

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, POB 9602, Haifa 31096, Israel

Received 5 March 2009 ,Revised 12 April 2009 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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PII: S0720-048X(09)00230-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.039

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 154-158 , August 2010

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