The trade-off between resolution and count sensitivity dominates the performance of
standard gamma cameras and dictates the need for relatively high doses of radioactivity of …

Objectives: This study sought to summarize the evidence on stress myocardial perfusion
imaging (MPI) using cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) technology for the diagnosis of …

Cardiac SPECT continues to play a critical role in detecting and managing cardiovascular
disease, in particularly coronary artery disease (CAD)(Jaarsma et al 2012 J. Am. Coll …

An increasing number of Nuclear Medicine sites in Europe are using cardiac-centered
gamma cameras for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS). Three cardiac-centered …

Purpose Effective doses of 14 mSv or higher are currently being attained in patients having
stress and rest myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) single photon emission computed …

Purpose Cardiac innervation is assessed using the heart-to-mediastinum ratio (HMR) of
metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) on planar imaging using Anger single photon emission …

Background Breast attenuation may impact the diagnostic accuracy of stress myocardial
perfusion imaging (MPI) with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). We …

Myocardial perfusion imaging plays an important role in the assessment of patients with
known or suspected coronary artery disease and is well established for diagnosis and for …

The use of myocardial perfusion imaging has seen a tremendous growth during the last
decade and has become the most commonly used non-invasive imaging tool for risk …

Gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (GSPECT) is a major clinical tool, widely used for
performing myocardial perfusion imaging procedures. In this review, we have presented the …