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Myocardial Imaging with Thallium-201: An Experimental Model for Analysis of the True Myocardial and Background Image Components

University of Washington and Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, Washington

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Glen W. Hamilton, Nuclear Medicine Section (115), Veterans Administration Hospital, 4435 Beacon Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98108.

ABSTRACT

The true myocardial and background components of a resting thallium-201 myocardial image were determined in an experimental dog model. True background was determined by imaging after the heart had been removed and replaced with a water-filled balloon of equal size and shape. In all studies, the background estimated from the region surrounding the heart exceeded true background activity. Furthermore, the relationship between true myocardial background and that estimated from the pericardiac region was inconsistent. Background estimates based on the activity surrounding the heart were not accurate predictors of true background activity.