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- FIGURE 1.
Conventional Anger camera (left) vs. Veriton-CT scanner (right), with 360° detector design. (Courtesy of Spectrum Dynamics Medical.)
- FIGURE 2.
Questionnaire on experience of nuclear imaging patient.
- FIGURE 3.
Spread of survey responses across 4 experience factors.
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Characteristic Discovery Veriton-CT γ-camera Anger camera Digital camera Detector Sodium iodide scintillator 12 cadmium-zinc-telluride detectors Configuration Dual-head around imaging table Circular pattern around imaging table Bore size 70 cm 80 cm CT 16 slices 16 slices - TABLE 2
Spread of Nuclear Imaging Scan Indications Across Discovery and Veriton-CT over 4-Month Period
Indication Discovery Veriton-CT Bone 98 192 Parathyroid 4 27 Lung 16 47 Thyroid 11 0 Renal dimercaptosuccinic acid 17 0 Renogram mercaptoacetyltriglycine 19 0 Cardiac 40 0 Brain 123I-ioflupane scan 31 2 Sentinel node localization and imaging 3 5 Radionuclide selenium homocholic acid taurine bile study 42 0 Gastric emptying study (single) 10 0 Other 5 1 Total 296 274 Patient no. Indication Comments regarding claustrophobia 1 Bone Booked on Veriton-CT but managed only CT, not SPECT 2 Bone Booked on Veriton-CT but partial scan on Discovery 3 Bone Booked on Veriton-CT but partial scan (no CT) on Discovery 4 Parathyroid Booked on Veriton-CT but complete scan on Discovery 5 Bone Booked on Discovery; head and body done separately 6 Bone Booked on Discovery but managed only SPECT, not CT
