Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography (definition)

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Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography

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Definition: Tomography using single-photon emitting RADIONUCLIDES to create images that are captured in times corresponding to various points in the cardiac cycle.

for gated blood-pool SPECT imaging, coordinate with GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; for gated myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging, coordinate with MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING

Other names SPECT Imaging, Cardiac-Gated; Imaging, Cardiac-Gated SPECT; SPECT, Cardiac-Gated; Cardiac Gated Single Photon Emission Computer Assi; Cardiac Gated SPECT Imaging; Cardiac Gated SPECT; Cardiac-Gated SPECT Imaging; Cardiac-Gated SPECT

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