Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
      • JNMT Supplement
    • Ahead of print
    • Past Issues
    • Continuing Education
    • JNMT Podcast
    • 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
    • Reviewers
    • Permissions
    • Advertisers
    • Corporate & Special Sales
  • About
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Contact Information
  • 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
    • Continuing Education
    • JNMT Podcast
    • 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
    • Reviewers
    • Permissions
    • Advertisers
    • Corporate & Special Sales
  • About
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Contact Information
  • More
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Help
    • SNMMI Journals
  • Watch or Listen to JNMT Podcast
  • Visit SNMMI on Facebook
  • Join SNMMI on LinkedIn
  • Follow SNMMI on Twitter
  • Subscribe to JNMT RSS feeds
Research ArticleImaging

Added Value of CT Attenuation Correction and Prone Positioning in Improving Breast and Subdiaphragmatic Attenuation in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Ahmed E. Tawakol, Hazem M. Tantawy, Rana E. Elashmawy, Yasser G. Abdelhafez and Yasser M. Elsayed
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2021, 49 (1) 23-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.120.255943
Ahmed E. Tawakol
1Department of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Hazem M. Tantawy
2Department of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Inaya Medical College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Rana E. Elashmawy
1Department of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Yasser G. Abdelhafez
3Nuclear Medicine Unit, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Yasser M. Elsayed
1Department of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 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 Information

vol. 49 no. 1 23-29
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.120.255943
PubMed 
33361179

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0091-4916
Online ISSN 
1535-5675
History 
  • Received for publication August 27, 2020
  • Accepted for publication October 22, 2020
  • Published online March 3, 2021.

Article Versions

  • previous version (December 24, 2020 - 10:08).
  • You are viewing the most recent version of this article.
Copyright & Usage 
© 2021 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

Author Information

  1. Ahmed E. Tawakol*,1,
  2. Hazem M. Tantawy*,2,
  3. Rana E. Elashmawy1,
  4. Yasser G. Abdelhafez3 and
  5. Yasser M. Elsayed1
  1. 1Department of Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
  2. 2Department of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Inaya Medical College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and
  3. 3Nuclear Medicine Unit, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
  1. For correspondence and reprints contact: Hazem M. Tantawy, Nuclear Medicine Technology Department, Inaya Medical College, Riyadh, 11352 Saudi Arabia. E-mail: hazem.mohie{at}inaya.edu.sa
View Full Text

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Cited By...

  • 3 Citations
  • 4 Citations
  • Google Scholar

This article has been cited by the following articles in journals that are participating in Crossref Cited-by Linking.

  • Synthetic Attenuation Correction Maps for SPECT Imaging Using Deep Learning: A Study on Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
    Mariana Prieto Canalejo, Aley Palau San Pedro, Ricardo Geronazzo, Daniel Minsky, Luis Juárez-Orozco, Mauro Namías
    Diagnostics 2023 13 13
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Pitfalls and Artifacts
    Sibel Uçak Semirgin, Gamze İrem Algül, Fevziye Canbaz Tosun
    Nuclear Medicine Seminars 2024 10 1
  • Comparative Analysis of Cardiac SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Full-Ring Solid-State Detectors Versus Dedicated Cardiac Fixed-Angle Gamma Camera
    Gytis Aleksa, Paulius Jaruševičius, Andrė Pacaitytė, Donatas Vajauskas
    Medicina 2025 61 4
  • Significance of Coronary Artery Calcifications and Ischemic Electrocardiographic Changes Among Patients Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
    Damianos G. Kokkinidis, Ioannis Kyriakoulis, Phillip W. Chui, Ritu Agarwal, Yi-Hwa Liu, Rohan Khera, Albert J. Sinusas, Eric J. Velazquez, Edward J. Miller, Attila Feher
    JACC: Advances 2025 4 3

Article usage

Article usage: December 2020 to April 2025

AbstractFullPdf
Dec 202011604
Jan 2021404014
Feb 202115309
Mar 20214321516
Apr 202128296
May 202118054
Jun 202113143
Jul 202114022
Aug 20218311
Sep 202110284
Oct 202111611
Nov 202110811
Dec 202112734
Jan 20228937
Feb 20228449
Mar 2022462514
Apr 202229249
May 2022262815
Jun 2022312012
Jul 2022272613
Aug 2022262410
Sep 2022113518
Oct 2022192210
Nov 202219225
Dec 202217294
Jan 2023354023
Feb 2023344019
Mar 2023176616
Apr 202324344
May 2023202519
Jun 202312336
Jul 202382815
Aug 2023134021
Sep 2023153812
Oct 2023245318
Nov 2023307327
Dec 20231811242
Jan 20241550514
Feb 2024284014
Mar 2024143419
Apr 2024255718
May 2024147916
Jun 2024204821
Jul 202494919
Aug 2024126486
Sep 2024217941
Oct 2024225925
Nov 2024235515
Dec 202464717
Jan 2025135327
Feb 2025177320
Mar 2025169131
Apr 2025198532
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology: 49 (1)
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
Vol. 49, Issue 1
March 1, 2021
  • 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.
Added Value of CT Attenuation Correction and Prone Positioning in Improving Breast and Subdiaphragmatic Attenuation in 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
Added Value of CT Attenuation Correction and Prone Positioning in Improving Breast and Subdiaphragmatic Attenuation in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Ahmed E. Tawakol, Hazem M. Tantawy, Rana E. Elashmawy, Yasser G. Abdelhafez, Yasser M. Elsayed
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Mar 2021, 49 (1) 23-29; DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.120.255943

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Added Value of CT Attenuation Correction and Prone Positioning in Improving Breast and Subdiaphragmatic Attenuation in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Ahmed E. Tawakol, Hazem M. Tantawy, Rana E. Elashmawy, Yasser G. Abdelhafez, Yasser M. Elsayed
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Mar 2021, 49 (1) 23-29; DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.120.255943
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...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Early 10-Minute Postinjection [18F]F-FAPI-42 uEXPLORER Total-Body PET/CT Scanning Protocol for Staging Lung Cancer Using HYPER Iterative Reconstruction
  • Single- Versus Dual-Time-Point Imaging for Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloid Using 99mTc-Pyrophosphate
  • Does Arthrography Improve Accuracy of SPECT/CT for Diagnosis of Aseptic Loosening in Patients with Painful Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis
Show more Imaging

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • SPECT/CT
  • attenuation correction
  • prone imaging
  • MPI
SNMMI

© 2025 SNMMI

Powered by HighWire