TY - JOUR
T1 - A look at 15 years of planar thallium-201 imaging
AU - Kaul, Sanjiv
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Division of Cardiology, Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Kaul is the recipient of a Clinical Investigator of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Received for publication Feb. 13, 1989; accepted Reprint requests: Sanjiv Kaul, MD, Division of versity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
PY - 1989/9
Y1 - 1989/9
N2 - Extensive experience has been accumulated over the past 15 years regarding planar thallium-201 imaging. Quantitation of technically superior images provides a high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of CAD. In addition, planar thallium-201 images provide very important prognostic information in different clinical situations. Although single photon emission computerized tomography offers potential theoretical advantages over planar imaging, because of the problems involved in reconstruction, specifically the creation of artifacts, it may not be the ideal imaging modality in all situations. Good quality planar thallium-201 imaging still has an important role in clinical cardiology today.
AB - Extensive experience has been accumulated over the past 15 years regarding planar thallium-201 imaging. Quantitation of technically superior images provides a high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of CAD. In addition, planar thallium-201 images provide very important prognostic information in different clinical situations. Although single photon emission computerized tomography offers potential theoretical advantages over planar imaging, because of the problems involved in reconstruction, specifically the creation of artifacts, it may not be the ideal imaging modality in all situations. Good quality planar thallium-201 imaging still has an important role in clinical cardiology today.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-8703(89)90276-7
DO - 10.1016/0002-8703(89)90276-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 2672756
AN - SCOPUS:0024423710
SN - 0002-8703
VL - 118
SP - 581
EP - 601
JO - American heart journal
JF - American heart journal
IS - 3
ER -