Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
      • JNMT Supplement
    • Ahead of print
    • Past Issues
    • SNMMI Annual Meeting Abstracts
  • Subscriptions
    • Subscribers
    • Rates
    • Journal Claims
    • Institutional and Non-member
  • Authors
    • Submit to JNMT
    • Information for Authors
    • Assignment of Copyright
    • AQARA Requirements
  • Info
    • Permissions
    • Continuing Education
    • Advertisers
    • Corporate & Special Sales
  • About
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Contact
  • More
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • SNMMI Journals
  • SNMMI
    • JNMT
    • JNM
    • SNMMI Journals
    • SNMMI

User menu

  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
  • SNMMI
    • JNMT
    • JNM
    • SNMMI Journals
    • SNMMI
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Past Issues
    • SNMMI Annual Meeting Abstracts
  • Subscriptions
    • Subscribers
    • Rates
    • Journal Claims
    • Institutional and Non-member
  • Authors
    • Submit to JNMT
    • Information for Authors
    • Assignment of Copyright
    • AQARA Requirements
  • Info
    • Permissions
    • Continuing Education
    • Advertisers
    • Corporate & Special Sales
  • About
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Contact
  • More
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • SNMMI Journals
  • Follow SNMMI on Twitter
  • Visit SNMMI on Facebook
  • Join SNMMI on LinkedIn
  • Subscribe to JNMT RSS feeds
Research ArticleImaging

Increased Gastric Activity on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Grace Brayshaw, Sharon Mosley and Geoff Currie
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology September 2016, 44 (3) 195-198; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.115.168484
Grace Brayshaw
1Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Sharon Mosley
2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia; and
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Geoff Currie
1Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia
3Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Article Figures & Data

Figures

  • Tables
  • FIGURE 1.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    FIGURE 1.

    Typical myocardial perfusion rest study showing prominent cardiac activity and minimal gastric activity (left), compared with marked gastric activity when uptake phase coincided with hamburger preparation (right).

  • FIGURE 2.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    FIGURE 2.

    One-way analysis of mean stomach counts per pixel against sex.

  • FIGURE 3.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    FIGURE 3.

    One-way analysis of mean background-corrected stomach counts per pixel against sex.

Tables

  • Figures
    • View popup
    TABLE 1

    Key Parameters Comparing Control and Experimental Groups

    ParameterControlExperimentP
    Number of patients2020
    Sex66.7% female33.3% female0.06
    Age60.2 (53.8 to 66.6)62.3 (55.8 to 68.7)0.65
    Background counts per pixel28.4 (24.0 to 32.9)28.8 (24.3 to 33.3)0.91
    Heart counts per pixel107.5 (83.0 to 132.0)103.0 (78.5 to 127.5)0.79
    Stomach counts per pixel111.0 (75.3 to 146.8)99.5 (63.7 to 135.3)0.65
    Heart, background-corrected79.1 (58.2 to 100.0)74.2 (53.2 to 95.1)0.74
    Stomach, background-corrected82.6 (48.9 to 116.3)70.7 (37.0 to 104.4)0.62
    Heart-to-stomach ratio1.23 (−2.53 to 5.00)−1.54 (−5.31 to 2.23)0.30
    • Data are mean followed by 95% CI in parentheses, unless indicated otherwise.

    • View popup
    TABLE 2

    Key Parameters Comparing Women and Men

    ParameterWomenMenP
    Age59.9 (53.3 to 66.7)62.3 (56.2 to 68.4)0.61
    Background counts per pixel29.6 (24.9 to 34.2)27.9 (23.6 to 32.1)0.59
    Heart counts per pixel110.2 (84.5 to 136.0)101.2 (77.9 to 124.4)0.60
    Stomach counts per pixel136.2 (100.9 to 171.4)80.0 (48.1 to 111.9)0.0218
    Heart, background-corrected80.7 (58.7 to 102.7)73.3 (53.4 to 93.2)0.62
    Stomach, background-corrected106.6 (73.6 to 139.6)52.1 (22.3 to 82.0)0.0179
    Heart-to-stomach ratio0.86 (−3.13 to 4.87)−0.99 (−4.61 to 2.63)0.49
    • Data are mean followed by 95% CI in parentheses.

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology: 44 (3)
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Vol. 44, Issue 3
September 1, 2016
  • Table of Contents
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Increased Gastric Activity on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology web site.
Citation Tools
Increased Gastric Activity on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Grace Brayshaw, Sharon Mosley, Geoff Currie
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Sep 2016, 44 (3) 195-198; DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.115.168484

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Increased Gastric Activity on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Grace Brayshaw, Sharon Mosley, Geoff Currie
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Sep 2016, 44 (3) 195-198; DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.115.168484
Twitter logo Facebook logo LinkedIn logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • MATERIALS AND METHODS
    • RESULTS
    • DISCUSSION
    • CONCLUSION
    • DISCLOSURE
    • Footnotes
    • REFERENCES
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • Statistics Refresher for Molecular Imaging Technologists, Part 2: Accuracy of Interpretation, Significance, and Variance
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Improving 90Y PET Scan Image Quality Through Optimized Reconstruction Algorithms
  • Evaluation of Data-Driven Respiration Gating in Continuous Bed Motion in Lung Lesions
  • Optimization of the Attenuation Coefficient for Chang Attenuation Correction in 123I Brain Perfusion SPECT
Show more Imaging

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • cardiology
  • quality assurance
  • Gastric
  • Myocardial perfusion
  • stomach
  • tetrofosmin
SNMMI

© 2023 Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Powered by HighWire