Gated 99mTc-tetrofosmin and 18F-FDG studies: a comparison of single-acquisition and separate-acquisition protocols

RA Pagnanelli, MW Hanson, T Turkington… - Journal of nuclear …, 2002 - Soc Nuclear Med
18F-FDG is a well-established tracer for evaluating myocardial viability, as is 99mTc-
tetrofosmin (TET) for evaluating myocardial perfusion. Dual-isotope single-acquisition …

Nitrate administration to enhance the detection of myocardial viability by technetium-99m tetrofosmin single-photon emission tomography

A Flotats, I Carrió, M Estorch, L Bernà… - European journal of …, 1997 - Springer
A comparison was performed between technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion
tomography at baseline and after nitrate administration, using a 2-day protocol, and rest …

Comparison of dual-isotope acquisition of 201Tl and 99Tcm-tetrofosmin for the detection of ischaemic heart disease and determination of the optimal imaging time of …

Y Ito, T Uehara, K Fukuchi, E Tsujimura… - Nuclear medicine …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Comparative studies of thallium-201 (201 Tl) and 99 Tc m-tetrofosmin for the
detection of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) have previously been reported. These 201 Tl and …

Added value of attenuation-corrected Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT for the detection of myocardial viability: comparison with FDG SPECT

RHJA Slart, JJ Bax, WJ Sluiter, DJ Veldhuisen… - Journal of nuclear …, 2004 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of attenuation correction of
technetium 99m tetrofosmin single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) …

Efficiency comparison between 99mTc-tetrofosmin and 99mTc-sestamibi myocardial perfusion studies

GC Ravizzini, MW Hanson, LK Shaw… - Nuclear medicine …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the efficiency of two different imaging
protocols using two different clinically available 99m Tc labelled myocardial perfusion …

Electrocardiographic-gated dual-isotope simultaneous acquisition SPECT using 18F-FDG and 99mTc-sestamibi to assess myocardial viability and function in a …

I Matsunari, S Kanayama, T Yoneyama… - European journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose Dual-isotope simultaneous acquisition single-photon emission computed
tomography (DISA SPECT) with 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and 99m Tc-sestamibi …

Functional evaluation of myocardial viability by99mTc tetrofosmin gated SPECT —A quantitative comparison with18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission CT (18F …

Y Kuwabara, S Watanabe, J Nakaya… - Annals of nuclear …, 1999 - Springer
To validate functional analysis of gated SPECT in detecting myocardial viability, seventeen
patients (male 15, female 2, mean age 58) with angiographically proven chronic ischemic …

Reduced variability of interpretation and improved image quality with a technetium 99m myocardial perfusion agent: comparison of thallium 201 and technetium 99m …

RC Hendel, MA Parker, FJT Wackers, P Rigo… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1994 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study was to determine the relative image quality and
interobserver variability among four readers for 201 Tl and 99m Tc-labeled tetrofosmin …

Comparison of technetium 99m-tetrofosmin and thallium-201 single photon emission computed tomographic imaging for the assessment of viable myocardium in …

AR Galassi, C Tamburino, R Grassi, R Foti… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1998 - Springer
Background Tetrofosmin is a new technetium 99m-labeled myocardial perfusion agent that
has demonstrated favorable imaging characteristics in recent clinical trials. However, it is not …

Evaluation of 99Tcm-tetrofosmin as a myocardial perfusion agent in routine clinical use

PJ Thorley, J Ball, KL Sheard… - Nuclear medicine …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Recent trials with selected patients have indicated that 99 Tc m-tetrofosmin is a suitable
agent for myocardial perfusion imaging. We performed 99 Tc m-tetrofosmin perfusion …