Emission computer tomography of the left ventricle
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[en] Tomographic studies and time-dependent tomograms on phantoms and patients were carried out using a 7-pinhole collimator in order to study the clinical value of ECG-triggered tomographic radionuclid ventriculography. A suitable computer programme has been developed. The results have shown that it is possible to evaluate local contraction abnormalities by this method. Using a left oblique position of the collimator (LAO [450] - cranial [150]), emission computer tomography is aligned with the longitudinal axis for the heart. In this way, a single projection is sufficient to show the montility of the anterior and posterior walls and of the septum. Hypokinesis, akinesis or dyskinesis can be recognised visually. The localisation and extent of the defect can be determined through the 7-pinhole collimator. Reconstructed images of the triggered radionuclid scintigrams show excellent marginal definition. In the RAO projection the left ventricle can be seen without superimposition and images obtained which equal those of a first-pass technique. (orig.)
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Emissionscomputertomographie des linken Ventrikels
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Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Roentgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin; ISSN 0015-8151; ; v. 139(4); p. 343-350
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BODY, CARDIOGRAPHY, CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY, DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIAGRAMS, DISEASES, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, INFORMATION, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MOCKUP, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ORGANS, RADIOISOTOPES, STRUCTURAL MODELS, TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES, TOMOGRAPHY, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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