myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging
Assessment of the Patient Movement for Lesion during Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging by Cardiac Phantom
... in SPECT systems are re-structured by an algorithm called back ...in myocardial perfusion SPECT, patients tend to move in different directions by changing position in order to feel comfortable ...
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The effect of patient anxiety and depression on motion during myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging
... MR imaging [54] and the effectiveness of an ameliorate communication be- tween patient and technologist on reducing patients’ state anxiety scores during PET/CT imaging [55], have been recently ...
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Disappearance of myocardial perfusion defects on prone SPECT imaging: Comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients without established coronary artery disease
... gated SPECT and attenuation correc- tion are used to differentiate artifacts from infarction ...addition, imaging in the prone position has been suggested as a method to prevent misleading interpreta- tion ...
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Phase analysis single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) detects dyssynchrony in myocardial scar and increases specificity of MPI
... with myocardial perfusion defects as measured by PHB and PSD [38, ...utilizing SPECT MPI and is the first study to demonstrate its impact on patient reclassification specific- ally when compared to ...
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Comparison of transient ischemic dilation ratios in SPECT and SPECT-CT myocardial perfusion imaging in the low pre-test probability group
... Paired Samples T-Tests revealed no statistically significant difference in the mean TID ratios between the QPS and 4DM-SPECT software programs for different sets o[r] ...
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A review of the issues surrounding incidental findings on CT attenuation correction (CTAC ) images during SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
... one SPECT-CT system demonstrated that there was no statistically significant difference in lesion detection performance at different mA values when all other parameters remained unchanged ...of SPECT-CT ...
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Ejection fraction in myocardial perfusion imaging assessed with a dynamic phantom: comparison between IQ-SPECT and LEHR
... cardiac imaging software and hardware option for Siemens general purpose gamma cameras [8] (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, ...in perfusion scores ...LEHR imaging protocol with filtered back ...
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The Assosiation of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Ankle Brachial Index with SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Asymptomatic Diabetic Patients
... Objective: The risk of cardiac death in diabetic patients is 3 times more than non-diabetics. But it is not determined who need cardiac screening. About 41% of diabetic patients with silent ischemia are missed. the ...
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Update on myocardial perfusion imaging: role of regadenoson
... stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a noninvasive method for the evaluation of coronary artery disease in patients unable to exercise ...Keywords: myocardial perfusion ...
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Bedside myocardial perfusion assessment with contrast echocardiography
... than myocardial infarction [22], for example Takotsubo’s and septic cardiomyopathy amongst many other causes ...further imaging, but rather as a tri- age tool or simply to add confidence to the physician’s ...
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Appropriateness of referrals for single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) in Iran
... ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCM R/SNM 2009 Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropria[r] ...
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Early Detection of Myocardial Damages for Patients with Chest Pain and Non-Diagnostic ECG in Emergency Department by Rest Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: A Preliminary Study
... with imaging techniques. The quantitative assessment of abnormal myocardial perfusion could be performed by Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and myocardial ...
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Bilateral coronary artery to pulmonary trunk fistulae detected by coronary angiography and evaluated by ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: report of two cases
... Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a widely used modality in cardiac ischaemia evalua- tion and its importance is still growing despite alter- native diagnostic tool development such ...
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Cardiovascular risk assessment in diabetes
... population. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with SPECT is most commonly applied to identify patients with CAD and can accurately identify patients at increased cardiovascular risk ...
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Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT underestimates left ventricular volumes and shows high variability compared to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging -- a comparison of four different commercial automated software packages
... MR imaging and MPS were not performed simultane- ously and LV volumes have been shown to vary with dif- ferent loading conditions ...of perfusion defects at ...MR imaging per- form better in such ...
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Evaluation of inter-departmental variability of ejection fraction and cardiac volumes in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy using simulated data
... This study has some limitations. One is that we only enrolled departments that use standard gamma cameras with parallel hole collimators. Newer technologies, such as the new semiconductor cameras (CZT cameras) and ...
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Clinical Utility of N 13 Ammonia Cardiac PET Perfusion Imaging in the Assessment of Epicardial Coronary Lesions of Intermediate Range
... ous myocardial infarction, prior coronary revasculariza- tion, left ventricular dysfunction, other associated cardiac diseases like cardiomyopathy or valvular diseases and co morbid conditions like pulmonary, ...
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High negative predictive value of workload ≥7 METS on exercise testing in patients with normal gated myocardial perfusion imaging: Was imaging really required?
... High negative predictive value of workload ≥7 METS on exercise testing in patients with normal gated myocardial perfusion imaging:?. Was imaging really required1[r] ...
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New concept of myocardial longitudinal strain reserve assessed by a dipyridamole infusion using 2D-strain echocardiography: the impact of diabetes and age, and the prognostic value
... Patients referred for MPGS with previous or non-coronary artery disease (CAD) and without history of myocardial infarction were prospectively included from March to September 2011. All patients underwent a ...
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Correlative Assessment of Hemodynamic Parameters Obtained with T2* weighted Perfusion MR Imaging and SPECT in Symptomatic Carotid Artery Occlusion
... the perfusion MR imaging and SPECT ...between perfusion MR im- aging and SPECT. SPECT uses freely diffusible tracers so that the entire tissue volume is measured, whereas ...
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