title: Implementation of the T4/5 left ventricular functional image on a VAX-based Lexidata image processing station.
abstract: A VAX-based Lexidata image processing station has been used for the development and application of image processing and data analysis techniques in nuclear medicine. Within the area of cardiac multigated equilibrium blood-pool scintigraphy, the computational implementation of the T4/5 functional image, a new left ventricular functional image, is presented. This image reflects myocardial compliance. The versatility of the implementation is demonstrated. Examples of the T4/5 functional image are presented. The VAX-based Lexidata image processing station is a useful tool for parameter, feature, and image extraction from nuclear medicine images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kouris
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Al-Ali
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Dayem
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008905:Minicomputers; D012016:Reference Values; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*