Artificial Intelligence Empowered Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in Cardiology: A State-of-the-Art Review

J Li, G Yang, L Zhang - Phenomics, 2023 - Springer
Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging plays a significant role in the detection and
management of cardiovascular disease (CVD). With recent advancements in computer …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a dynamic myocardial perfusion phantom model for tracer kinetic measurements

ME Kamphuis, H Kuipers, J Verschoor… - EJNMMI physics, 2022 - Springer
Background Absolute myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is beneficial in the diagnosis and
prognosis of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease. However, validation …

[HTML][HTML] Fast myocardial perfusion SPECT denoising using an attention-guided generative adversarial network

J Sun, BH Yang, CY Li, Y Du, YH Liu, TH Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Deep learning-based denoising is promising for myocardial perfusion (MP)
SPECT. However, conventional convolutional neural network (CNN)-based methods use …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-center study of inter-rater reproducibility, image quality, and diagnostic accuracy of CZT versus conventional SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging

N Mansour, SG Nekolla, E Reyes, G Angelidis… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Springer
Background Cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT)-based detectors exhibit higher diagnostic
sensitivity in myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) than conventional Anger-MPI for detection …

Recent Progress in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Techniques

KH Jo, WJ Kang - Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2024 - Springer
Nuclear cardiology, similar to other fields of nuclear medicine, has experience rapid
advancements. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), an important component of nuclear …

Myocardial D-Spect Image Segmentation Using RSF Model and Kernal Difference Operator

HT Awan, S Talpur, AA Memon - 2023 7th International Multi …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the top causes of death worldwide is now ischemic heart disease. The modern
diagnostic technology known as dynamic single-photon emission computed tomography (D …

DSPECT-specific normative limits for left ventricular size and function

J Ibrahim, RA Nieves, AF Barakat, K Hynal… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Differences in spatial resolution and image filtering between the solid-state
DSPECT and traditional Anger SPECT (ASPECT) cameras are likely to result in differences …

[PDF][PDF] Image reconstruction in Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)

A George - 2022 - erepo.uef.fi
Abstract Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) is a nuclear imaging
modality that uses gamma rays to examine how a radioactive tracer spreads throughout an …

[PDF][PDF] Studies on accuracy and reliability of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT

M Kortelainen - 2021 - erepo.uef.fi
Myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPS) imaging study is
performed to examine blood flow of the heart noninvasively. Acquiring an electrocardiogram …

Comparison of Myocardial Ischemia Detection Between Semiconductor and Conventional Anger-type Three-detector SPECT

H Yoneyama, K Nakajima, J Taki… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective: Although semiconductor single-photon emission computed tomography (D-
SPECT) has been used for myocardial perfusion imaging, few studies have compared its …