title: The use of computer-assisted diagnosis in cardiac perfusion nuclear medicine studies: a review (Part 3)
abstract: Computer-assisted diagnosis (CAID) is commonly used to evaluate cardiac nuclear medicine studies such as thallium perfusion scans. Part 1 of this series (Journal of Digital Imaging, 5:209-222, 1992) reviewed the basic theory underlying CAID in nuclear medicine and its use in planar thallium imaging. Part 2 discussed the application of CAID to SPECT perfusion studies (Journal of Digital Imaging, 6:1-15, 1993). This article reviews new variations of CAID programs for SPECT imaging and the application of expert systems and neural networks to CAID of nuclear medicine perfusion studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Datz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Gabor
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Christian
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Gullberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005103:Expert Systems; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi