Interpolated CT for attenuation correction on respiratory gating cardiac SPECT/CT - A simulation study.
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DOI: 10.1002/mp.13513
Abstract: PURPOSE Respiratory gated four-dimensional (4D) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with phase-matched CT reduces respiratory blurring and attenuation correction (AC) artifacts in cardiac SPECT. This study aims to develop and investigate the effectiveness of… read more here.
Keywords: attenuation correction; spect; hct; respiratory ... See more keywords
Technical Note: Respiratory impacts on static and respiratory gated 99m Tc-MAA SPECT/CT for liver radioembolization- A simulation study.
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DOI: 10.1002/mp.15682
Abstract: PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate respiratory impacts on static and respiratory gated (RG) 99m Tc-MAA SPECT in terms of respiratory motion (RM) blur, attenuation correction (AC) and volume-of-interest (VOI) segmentation on lung shunt faction (LSF)… read more here.
Keywords: maa spect; respiratory impacts; spect; 99m maa ... See more keywords
Dual gating myocardial perfusion SPECT denoising using a conditional generative adversarial network.
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DOI: 10.1002/mp.15707
Abstract: PURPOSE Dual respiratory-cardiac gating reduces respiratory and cardiac motion blur in myocardial perfusion (MP) SPECT. However, image noise is increased as detected counts are reduced in each dual gate (DG). We aim to develop a… read more here.
Keywords: using conditional; network; perfusion spect; spect ... See more keywords
Bloodpool SPECT as part of bone SPECT/CT in painful total knee arthroplasty (TKA): validation and potential biomarker of prosthesis biomechanics
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DOI: 10.1007/s00259-018-4244-4
Abstract: PurposeTo compare bloodpool SPECT with planar imaging in bone SPECT/CT of painful total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with respect to inter-rater agreement, confidence, prosthesis outcome, and biomechanical functioning.MethodsRetrospective study of bloodpool SPECT and planar control images.… read more here.
Keywords: prosthesis; spect; biomechanics; spect painful ... See more keywords
Is there a role for lung perfusion [99mTc]-MAA SPECT/CT to rule out pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients with contraindications for iodine contrast?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04837-4
Abstract: The resent pandemic of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is challenging medical institutions around the world. Management of severe acute respiratory symptoms (SARS) caused by the novel corona virus often includes intensive care and… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; pulmonary embolism; perfusion; spect ... See more keywords
A serial SPECT-CT study in a celiac disease patient with cerebellar ataxia and psychiatric symptoms
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DOI: 10.1007/s10072-020-04908-2
Abstract: Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated systemic disorder triggered by gluten and related prolamins in genetically predisposed individuals. Here, we described a case of a 31-year-old Caucasian woman who exhibited cerebellar and psychiatric dysfunctions. The… read more here.
Keywords: spect; celiac disease; psychiatric symptoms; patient ... See more keywords
Evaluating the effectiveness of a single CT method for attenuation correction in stress-rest myocardial perfusion imaging with thallium-201 chloride SPECT
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DOI: 10.1007/s12194-019-00540-8
Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a single computed tomography (CT) based attenuation correction method using thallium-201 chloride ( 201 TlCl) in stress-rest myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). The data of 106 patients who… read more here.
Keywords: spect; stress; stress rest; attenuation correction ... See more keywords
Creation and characterization of normal myocardial perfusion imaging databases using the IQ·SPECT system
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DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0770-2
Abstract: BackgroundImage acquisition by short-time single-photon emission-computed tomography (SPECT) has been made feasible by IQ·SPECT. The aim of this study was to generate normal databases (NDBs) of thallium-201 (201Tl) myocardial perfusion imaging for IQ·SPECT, and characterize… read more here.
Keywords: perfusion; spect; myocardial perfusion; perfusion imaging ... See more keywords
Dual-isotope cardiac SPECT: the Twin Peaks Saga in nuclear cardiology
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DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-0900-5
Abstract: The use of two different isotopes to study the myocardium with SPECT imaging is almost as old as nuclear cardiology itself. Themajority of the experiencewas done with Tl201 and 99mTc-labeled tracers, with Tl201 injected at… read more here.
Keywords: dual isotope; cardiology; spect; isotope ... See more keywords
Automatic evaluation of myocardial perfusion on SPECT: Need for “Normality”
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DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-1097-3
Abstract: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with singlephoton emission computer tomography (SPECT) is still the most performed and, probably, the most trusted noninvasive imaging modality for the evaluation of patients with suspected or known ischemic heart disease… read more here.
Keywords: cardiology; myocardial perfusion; spect; spect mpi ... See more keywords
SPECT and PET MPI: The future has arrived but it is unevenly distributed
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DOI: 10.1007/s12350-019-02005-2
Abstract: The ability to noninvasively predict the presence of hemodynamically significant coronary disease has been one of the golden calves of cardiology for decades. Since first entering mainstream clinical use in the late 1980s, stress testing… read more here.
Keywords: use; cardiology; spect; time ... See more keywords