Reducing radiation to patients and improving image quality in a real-world nuclear cardiology laboratory

In part because of aging equipment and reduced reimbursement for imaging services in the last several years, nuclear cardiologists who remain in private practice face challenges in maintaining high quality and in reducing radiation exposure to patients. We review patient-centered approaches and affo...

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Published in:Journal of nuclear cardiology 2017-12, Vol.24 (6), p.1871-1877
Main Authors: Bloom, Stephen A., Meyers, Karen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary vessels
Humans
Imaging
Laboratories
low radiation nuclear stress testing
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
more confident interpretation
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - methods
Nuclear Medicine
Patient-Centered Care
Patients
private cardiologist
prone imaging
Quality
Radiation Exposure - prevention & control
Radiology
Software
Theme Article
Tomography
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods
Wide beam iterative software
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Summary:In part because of aging equipment and reduced reimbursement for imaging services in the last several years, nuclear cardiologists who remain in private practice face challenges in maintaining high quality and in reducing radiation exposure to patients. We review patient-centered approaches and affordable software solutions employed in our practice combined with supine-prone myocardial perfusion imaging to achieve increased interpretive confidence with reduced radiation exposure to patients.
ISSN:1071-3581
1532-6551
DOI:10.1007/s12350-017-0851-x