Literature review: Heart Imaging Techniques
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چکیده
eart diseases are one of the leading cause of death in developed countries, for this reason an early diagnosis of the diseases is absolutely necessary. In order to do so, several tools are used, such as, electrocardiogram (EKG), chest X-Ray (Computed Tomography, CT), blood and stress tests, echocardiogram (ECG), cardiac magnetic resonance (MRI) and nuclear medicine (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, SPECT, and Positron Emission Tomography, PET). This paper presents a short literature review on noninvasive techniques based on imaging (ECG, MRI, CT, SPECT and PET). H
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