Method and apparatus for characterizing blood flow through the h

Details Method and apparatus for characterizing blood flow through the h Method and apparatus for characterizing blood flow through the h

1977-11-25

1981-10-13

Michell, Robert W.

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250363S, A61B 502

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042942594

ABSTRACT:
An automated method and improved device provide a measurement of blood flow through the heart by the detection and analysis of radioactivity emitted by a radioactive tracer introduced into a patient's bloodstream. Real time, cardiac cycle by cardiac cycle information is processed and displayed to provide diagnostically useful information on an essentially ongoing basis as the patient is being tested.

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