Objective: Obtaining quality SPECT data is a vital component of the total SPECT procedure.
A patient study was undertaken to document the various causes of artifacts in order to …

Objective: SPECT has become a routine procedure in most nuclear medicine departments.
SPECT provides significant technical challenges for the nuclear medicine technologist, as …

The foremost reason to perform quality control (QC) testing of medical imaging equipment is
to assure the provision of the best possible diagnostic service to the patient population. But …

Much has been written about the technical aspects of data acquisition and processing of
single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) studies; however, less has been …

This is the second in a series of continuing education articles on SPECT. After studying this
article, the reader should be able to:(1) describe quality assurance procedures;(2) discuss …

1 SPECT acquisition system 1. a System components 1. b Performance parameters 2
SPECT Quality Control Procedures 2. a Detector head tilt 2. b Centre of rotation 2. c Detector …

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to identify basic quality control procedures and
frequency of testing, the results of which yield a “use” or “no-use” condition for a singlehead …

Our purpose is to discuss two types of corrections for count loss that occur while performing
SPECT studies. These corrections will improve image quality. Radioactive decay correction …

1001 Myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging is a well-established clinical tool providing
diagnostic and prognostic information for the workup of coronary artery disease. An initial …

Commercially available single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) cameras
require both new calibration and very careful routine quality control procedures. These …