Comparison of image quality, myocardial perfusion, and left ventricular function between standard imaging and single-injection ultra-low-dose imaging using a high-efficiency SPECT camera: The MILLISIEVERT study

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1430-1437

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a   Blankstein, Ron ^b   Andrews, Howard ^c   Fish, Mathews ^d   Padgett, Richard ^d   Hayes, Sean W ^e,f   Friedman, John D ^e,f   Qureshi, Mehreen ^a   Rakotoarivelo, Harivony ^a   Slomka, Piotr ^e   Nakazato, Ryo ^e,g   Bokhari, Sabahat ^a   Di Carli, Marcello ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^e,f  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

High efficiency camera; Radiation dose reduction; SPECT

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT SCANNER; STRESS RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH-EFFICIENCY CAMERA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARD;

HIGH-EFFICIENCY CAMERA; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; SPECT;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84907012224     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: 2159662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.114.138222     Document Type: Article

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