Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 103-113 , June 2007

Automated assessment of myocardial SPECT perfusion scintigraphy: A comparison of different approaches of case-based reasoning

  • Aliasghar Khorsand

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 40400 4641; fax: +43 1 408 11 48.
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  • Senta Graf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Heinz Sochor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Ernst Schuster

      Affiliations

    • Section of Medical Computer Vision, Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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  • Gerold Porenta

      Affiliations

    • Rudolfinerhaus, Billrothstrasse 78, A-1190 Vienna, Austria

Received 12 April 2006 ,Revised 19 February 2007 ,Accepted 21 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2007.02.004

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 103-113 , June 2007

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