Influence of the arm position in myocardial perfusion imaging acquisition

Influence of the arm position in myocardial perfusion imaging acquisition

Objective: despite the technologic advances in myocardial perfusion imaging, we keep using an uncomfortable and sometimes impracticable patient position - supine with arms raised above the head (U). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether perfusion and functional cardiac gated SPECT sca...

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Main Authors: Marisa Izaki, José Soares Junior, Maria Clementina Pinto Giorgi, Jose Claudio Meneghetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2014-07-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
Subjects:
artefatos
interpretação de imagem assistida por computador
compostos radiofarmacêuticos/uso diagnóstico
tecnécio Tc 99m sestamibi/uso diagnóstico
tomografia computadorizada de emissão de fóton único/métodos
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