Impact of regadenoson-induced myocardial creep on dynamic rubidium-82 PET myocardial blood flow quantification

SS Koenders, JD Van Dijk, PL Jager… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Repositioning of the heart during myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using
Rubidium-82 (Rb-82) PET may occur when using regadenoson. Our aim was to determine …

Data-driven respiratory motion tracking and compensation in CZT cameras: a comprehensive analysis of phantom and human images

CL Ko, YW Wu, MF Cheng, RF Yen, WC Wu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Springer
Background This study described a method for tracking and compensating respiratory
motion in cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) cameras. We evaluated motion effects on myocardial …

A study to quantify the effect of patient motion and develop methods to detect and correct for motion during myocardial perfusion imaging on a CZT solid-state …

S Redgate, DC Barber, JW Fenner… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Due to differences in the design and acquisition parameters on the solid-state
CZT cardiac camera the effect of patient motion may vary compared to Anger cameras. This …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of patient anxiety and depression on motion during myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging

V Lyra, M Kallergi, E Rizos, G Lamprakopoulos… - BMC Medical …, 2016 - Springer
Background Patient motion during myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging (MPI) may be
triggered by a patient's physical and/or psychological discomfort. The aim of this study was …

SinoCor: a clinical tool for sinogram-level patient motion correction in SPECT

D Mitra, D Eiland, T Walsh, R Bouthcko… - Medical Imaging …, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present a simple method for correcting patient motion in SPECT. The targeted type of
motion is a momentary shift in patient's body position due to coughing, sneezing or a need to …

Pancreatic cancer stem cells as new targets for diagnostics and therapy

J Clausell-Tormos, C Heeschen - Nanomedicine-Basic and Clinical …, 2011 - karger.com
According to the cancer progression model, multiple events are required for progression
from normal epithelium to carcinoma. Due to their extended life span, stem cells represent …

Optimization of myocardial blood flow quantification in Rubidium-82 PET myocardial perfusion imaging

SS Koenders - 2018 - essay.utwente.nl
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death in the
Netherlands. Of these cardiovascular deaths, 22% is due to coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Practice Test# 1: Difficulty Level—Easy

A Moniuszko, BA Kesala, A Moniuszko… - Nuclear Cardiology Study …, 2014 - Springer
29. All of the following statements correctly describe findings from a direct comparison of
SPECT MPI with PET MPI EXCEPT: A. PET has shown significantly improved normalcy rate …

Pièges, précautions et artefacts en scintigraphie myocardique: illustrations sur caméras semi-conducteurs

C Valla, C Merlin, F Comte, A Kelly, C Bouvet… - Médecine Nucléaire, 2014 - Elsevier
Résumé Depuis de nombreuses années, la scintigraphie de perfusion myocardique joue un
rôle de premier ordre dans la prise en charge des coronaropathies en raison de ses …