Evaluation of the Quantitative Gated SPECT (QGS) software program in the presence of large perfusion defects

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 519-529

  America, Yves G C J ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Dibbets Schneider, Petra ^a   Pauwels, Ernest K J ^a   Van der Wall, Ernst E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cedars Sinai's Quantitative SPECT (QGS) software; Operator dependence; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GATED IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; OPERATOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 26444496073     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-005-0274-7     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. G Germano K Van Train H Kiat D Berman 1995 Digital techniques for the acquisition, processing, v and analysis of nuclear cardiology images In: MP Sandler editors Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 347-386
2. G Germano H Kiat PB Kavanagh et al. 1995 Automatic quantification of ejection fraction from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT J Nucl Med 36 2138-2147 7472611
3. G Germano J Erel H Lewin PB Kavanagh DS Berman 1997 Automatic quantitation of regional myocardial wall motion and thickening from gated technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography J Am Coll Cardiol 30 1360-1367 10.1016/ S0735-1097(97)00276-3 9350940
4. G Germano PB Kavanagh DS Berman 1997 An automatic approach to the analysis, quantitation and review of perfusion and function from myocardial perfusion SPECT images Int J Card Imaging 13 337-346 10.1023/ A:1005815206195 9306148
5. G Germano J Erel H Kiat PB Kavanagh DS Berman 1997 Quantitative LVEF and qualitative regional function from gated thallium 201 perfusion SPECT J Nucl Med 38 749-754 9170440
6. T Chua H Kiat G Germano et al. 1994 Gated technetium-99m sestamibi for simultaneous assessment of stress myocardial perfusion, postexercise regional ventricular function and myocardial viability. Correlation with echocardiography and rest thallium-201 scintigraphy J Am Coll Cardiol 23 1107-1114 8144776
7. T Chua LC Yin TH Thiang TB Choo DZ Ping LY Leng 2000 Accuracy of the automated assessment of left ventricular function with gated perfusion SPECT in the presence of perfusion defects and left ventricular dysfunction: Correlation with equilibrium redionuclide ventriculography J Nucl Cardiol 7 301-311 10.1067/mnc.2000.105279 10958271
8. A Manrique M Faraggi P Vera et al. 1999 201 Tl and 99m Tc-MIBI gated SPECT in patients with large perfusion defects and left ventricular dysfunction: Comparison with equilibrium radionuclide angiography J Nucl Med 40 805-809 10319754
9. C Bacher-Stier S Muller O Pachinger et al. 1999 Thallium-201 gated single-photon emission tomography for the assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction and regional wall motion abnormalities in comparison with two-dimensional echocardiography Eur J Nucl Med 26 1533-1540 10.1007/s002590050491 10638403
10. MG Gunning C Anagnostopoulos G Davies SM Forbat PJ Ell SR Underwood 1997 Gated Technetium 99m-Tetrofosmin SPECT and Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging to assess left ventricular contraction J Nucl Med 38 438-442 9074534
11. TL Faber JP Vansant RI Pettigrew et al. 2001 Evaluation of left ventricular endocardial volumes and ejection fractions computed from gated perfusion SPECT with magnetic resonance imaging: Comparison of two methods J Nucl Cardiol 8 6 645-651 10.1067/mnc.2001.117173 11725260
12. FF Wahba HJ Lamb JJ Bax et al. 2001 Assessment of regional myocardial wall motion and thickening by gated technetium-99m tetrofosmin SPECT: A comparison with magnetic resonance imaging Nucl Med Commun 22 663-671 10.1097/00006231-200106000-00010 11403178
13. AE Iskandrian G Germano W VanDecker et al. 1998 Validation of left ventricular volume measurements by gated SPECT 99m Tc-labeled sestamibi imaging J Nucl Cardiol 5 574-578 10.1016/S1071-3581(98)90111-8 9869479
14. JJN Visser E Sokole HJ Verberne et al. 2004 A realistic 3-D gated cardiac phantom for quality control of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: the Amsterdam gated (AGATE) cardiac phantom. New 3-D gated dynamic cardiac phantom Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31 222-228 15129704
15. DP Lum MN Coel 2002 Comparison of automatic quantification software for the measurement of ventricular volume and ejection fraction in gated myocardial perfusion SPECT Nucl Med Commun 24 3 259-266 10.1097/ 00006231-200303000-00005
16. BLF Van Eck-Smit S Poots AH Zwinderman AVG Bruschke EKJ Pauwels EE Vander Wall 1997 Myocardial SPET imaging with 99mTc-tetrofosmin in clinical practice: Comparison of a 1 day and a 2 day imaging protocol Nucl Med Commun 18 24-30 9061697
17. T Sharir DS Berman PB Waechter et al. 2001 Quantitive analysis of regional motion and thickening by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: normal heterogeneity and criteria for abnormality J Nucl Med 42 1630-1638 11696631
18. G Germano PB Kavanagh P Waechter et al. 2000 A new algorithm for the quantification of myocardial perfusion SPECT. 1: Technical principles and reproducibility J Nucl Med 41 712-719 10768574
19. T Sharir G Germano PB Waechter et al. 2000 A new algorithm for quantification of myocardial perfusion SPECT. 2: Validation and diagnostic yield J Nucl Med 41 720-727 10768575
20. A Hashimoto T Nakata T Wakabayashi et al. 2002 Validation of quantitative gated single photon emission computed tomography and an automated scoring system for the assessment of regional left ventricular systolic function Nucl Med Comm 23 887-898 10.1097/ 00006231-200209000-00013
21. DS Berman A Abidov X Kang et al. 2004 Prognostic validation of a 17-segment score derived from a 20-segment score for myocardial perfusion SPECT interpretation J Nucl Cardiol 11 414-423 10.1016/ j.nuclcard.2004.03.033 15295410
22. JC Paeng DS Lee GJ Cheon MM Lee JK Chung MC Lee 2001 Reproducibility of an automatic quantitation of regional myocardial wall motion and systolic thickening on Gated 99m Tc-sestamibi J Nucl Med 42 695-700 11337562
23. MD Cerqueira NJ Weissman V Dilsizian et al. 2002 Standardized myocardial segmentation and nomenclature for tomographic imaging of the heart: A statement for healthcare professionals from the Cardiac Imaging Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association Circulation 105 539-542 10.1161/hc0402.102975 11815441