Dual-energy CT of the heart—principles and protocols

F Schwarz, B Ruzsics, UJ Schoepf, G Bastarrika… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The introduction of coronary CT angiography (cCTA) has reinvigorated the debate whether
management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) should be primarily …

Radiopharmaceutical agents for myocardial perfusion imaging

AL Baggish, CA Boucher - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
then incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes. Use of this lipophilic cationic complex
should occur within 12 hours of this preparation process. The 99mTc-labeling reaction …

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: techniques, interpretation, indications and reporting

A Fathala - Annals of Saudi medicine, 2011 - annsaudimed.net
Myocardial perfusion single photon emission-computed tomography (MPS) has been one of
the most important and common non-invasive diagnostic cardiac test. Gated MPS provides …

Measurement of absolute myocardial blood flow in humans using dynamic cardiac SPECT and 99mTc-tetrofosmin: Method and validation

U Shrestha, M Sciammarella, F Alhassen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2017 - Springer
Background The objective of this study was to measure myocardial blood flow (MBF) in
humans using 99m Tc-tetrofosmin and dynamic single-photon emission computed …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of an antireflux catheter on target volume particulate distribution in liver-directed embolotherapy: a pilot study

AS Pasciak, JH McElmurray, AC Bourgeois… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine if there are differences in hepatic distribution of embolic particles
following infusion with a standard end-hole catheter versus an antireflux microcatheter …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical feasibility of simultaneous acquisition rest 99mTc/stress 201Tl dual-isotope myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography with …

A Makita, N Matsumoto, Y Suzuki, Y Hori… - Circulation …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical feasibility of simultaneous
acquisition of rest 99m Tc-tetrofosmin/stress 201 Tl dual-isotope single-photon emission …

Radioiodinated acebutolol as a new highly selective radiotracer for myocardial perfusion imaging

MM Swidan, TM Sakr, MA Motaleb… - Journal of Labelled …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Acebutolol was successfully labeled with 125I via direct electrophilic substitution reaction.
Radioiodinated acebutolol was prepared with a maximum radiochemical yield of 96.5±0.3 …

Best practices in molecular breast imaging: a guide for technologists

TN Swanson, TD Tran, LR Ellingson… - Journal of nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Molecular breast imaging (MBI) technologists must have a combination of both nuclear
medicine skills and mammographic positioning skills. Currently, no formal programs offer …

[PDF][PDF] Review of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging

L Holder, S Lewis, E Abrames… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - cdn.agilitycms.com
Coronary angiography remains the gold standard for CAD evaluation. A large meta-analysis
study published in 2012 compiling data from 2000-2010 that compared SPECT MPI …

[HTML][HTML] High-sensitivity cardiac SPECT system design with collimator-less interspaced mosaic-patterned scintillators

R Wang, D Zhang, Y Hu, Z Lyu, T Ma - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an important tool for
myocardium perfusion imaging (MPI). Mechanical collimators cause the resolution …