Pitfalls and artifacts using the D-SPECT dedicated cardiac camera

Myocardial perfusion imaging is a well-established and widely used imaging technique for the assessment of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Pitfalls and artifacts associated with conventional gamma cameras are well known, and the ways to avoid and correct them have been desc...

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Published in:Journal of nuclear cardiology 2016-04, Vol.23 (2), p.301-310
Main Authors: Allie, Rayjanah, Hutton, Brian F., Prvulovich, Elizabeth, Bomanji, Jamshed, Michopoulou, Sofia, Ben-Haim, Simona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging
Heart - diagnostic imaging
Humans
image artifacts
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Imaging
instrumentation
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Myocardial perfusion imaging
Nuclear Medicine
Radiology
Review Article
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods
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Summary:Myocardial perfusion imaging is a well-established and widely used imaging technique for the assessment of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Pitfalls and artifacts associated with conventional gamma cameras are well known, and the ways to avoid and correct them have been described. In recent years solid-state detector dedicated cardiac cameras were introduced and have been shown to offer improved accuracy in addition to new imaging protocols and novel applications. The purpose of this manuscript is to familiarize the readers with the causes and effects of technical, patient-related, and operator-related pitfalls and artifacts associated with the D-SPECT dedicated cardiac camera with solid-state detectors. The manuscript offers guidance on how to avoid these factors, how to detect them, and how to correct better for them, providing high-quality diagnostic images.
ISSN:1071-3581
1532-6551
DOI:10.1007/s12350-015-0277-2