EjectionFractionand Volume Measurements Page 1 he heart is frequently regardedas a simple
pump, with its right and left sides considered to be in a series configuration but essentially …

and an Automated Technique Page 1 Links et al. (1) and Starling et al. (2) introduced atten
uation-corrected count-based distance methods to deter mine left ventricular volumes using …

Radionuclide-derived left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is used to assess LV systolic
function, to follow trends in the natural history of dilated cardiomyopathy, and to prioritize …

Left ventricular volume measurements are useful in the evaluation of cardiac function and
are important in the long-term management of patients with various cardiac diseases …

Left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume (EDV) was determined in millilitres by equilibrium
radionuclide ventriculography (MUGA) in 38 patients and in 15 normal individuals by …

A correction of background activity that considers the heart volume is introduced in
radionuclide equilibrium cardiography. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was …

J NucÃ-Med 29: 1990-1997, 1988. he first-pass method provides the simplest and most
reproducible means for evaluating right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF), since it permits …

Radionuclide measurements of left ventricular volumes, ejection fractions and stroke
volumes were performed by an equilibrium technique in nine patients using left anterior …

A method which does not require an online computer has been developed to measure left
ventricular ejection fraction from a bolus of 99m Tc-pertechnetate. The passage of the bolus …

It has previously been shown that left ventricular volumes can be measured accurately from
radionuclide gated blood pool scintigrams by quantttating the background-corrected and …