PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - S.M. Hamblen AU - T.L. Sell AU - M.W. Hanson AU - T.C. Hawk AU - D.M. Coates AU - J.M. Hoffman AU - R.E. Coleman TI - Clinical PET: Repositioning Myocardial Studies After Bicycle Exercise DP - 1995 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology PG - 18--21 VI - 23 IP - 1 4099 - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/23/1/18.short 4100 - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/23/1/18.full SO - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1995 Mar 01; 23 AB - Objective: Myocardial viability studies were assessed for repositioning accuracy as adequate or inadequate by evaluation of NH3/FDG image correspondence and detection of measured attenuation correction (MSATN) artifacts.Methods: Myocardial viability studies using 13N-ammonia (NH3) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) were evaluated in 29 normal subjects (21 rest and exercise, 7 exercise only and 1 rest only). Patients were positioned in the ECAT III gantry, and selected body landmarks were registered with the imaging bed. MSATN data were acquired. For exercise studies, upright bicycle exercise was then performed off the imaging bed. Intravenous NH3 or FDG was injected during exercise and the patient was repositioned and imaged.Results: Analysis revealed repositioning accuracy of 96% for rest NH3, 91% for rest FDG, 57% for exercise NH3 and 50% for exercise FDG.Conclusion: The problems encountered with repositioning make upright bicycle exercise for cardiac PET restrictive for routine clinical use with existing technology.