A comparison of visual and semiquantitative analysis of stress thallium-201 myocardial images in patients with suspected ischemic heart disease.
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 136 (1) , 187-190
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.136.1.7384498
Abstract
Three methods of analyzing stress 201Tl myocardial images were performed on 79 patients with suspected coronary artery disease. The visual analysis of unprocessed Polaroid images, background subtracted and contrast enhanced computer generated color television images, and a semiquantitative regions-of-interest method were each compared to the coronary arteriography in all patients. Analysis by the semiquantitative method achieved the highest accuracy for the classification of patients having coronary artery disease. This method of interpreting myocardial images appears worthy of further study.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Dual Radionuclide Study of Acute Myocardial InfarctionAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1978