RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Attenuation Correction Maps for SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging from Contrast-Enhanced Coronary CT Angiography: Gemstone Spectral Imaging with Single-Source Dual Energy and Material Decomposition
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 2077
OP 2080
DO 10.2967/jnumed.113.123570
VO 54
IS 12
A1 Fuchs, Tobias A.
A1 Sah, Bert-Ram
A1 Stehli, Julia
A1 Bull, Sacha
A1 Dougoud, Svetlana
A1 Huellner, Martin W.
A1 Gaemperli, Oliver
A1 Kaufmann, Philipp A.
YR 2013
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/54/12/2077.abstract
AB The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of attenuation correction (AC) of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with a virtual unenhanced cardiac CT scan synthesized from contrast-enhanced single-source dual-energy coronary CT angiography. Methods: Segmental myocardial percentage uptake values obtained with AC were analyzed by use of correlation analysis and Bland–Altman limits of agreement (20-segment model), and clinical agreement was evaluated in 30 patients. Results: The 2 methods showed an excellent correlation for segmental myocardial percentage uptake at stress (r = 0.93; P < 0.001; low dose) and at rest (r = 0.90; P < 0.001; high dose) with narrow Bland–Altman limits of agreement (−6.8% to 7.8% and −7.8% to 7.4%, respectively). The levels of clinical agreement of SPECT MPI corrected with standard versus virtual unenhanced CT AC were 99% per coronary territory and 97% per patient. Conclusion: Our results suggest that AC of SPECT MPI with a virtual unenhanced CT scan synthesized from contrast-enhanced coronary CT angiography is feasible and reliable.