TABLE 2

Main Characteristics of the 4 Camera Groups Involved in Clinical Study

CharacteristicDiscovery NM 530cDSPECTIQ⋅SPECTConventional SPECT
Number of subjects12121212
Age (y)53 ± 1056 ± 1053 ± 857 ± 7
Body weight (kg)80 ± 1080 ± 784 ± 1383 ± 13
Study protocol1-d stress–rest1-d stress–rest1-d stress–rest1-d rest–stress
TracerSestamibiSestamibiSestamibiSestamibi
Activity injected at exercise (MBq)*132 ± 22168 ± 62318 ± 341,073 ± 177
Maximal heart rate at exercise (%)93 ± 895 ± 491 ± 791 ± 4
Recording time (min)1064.516
Patient positionProneSemirecliningProneSupine
Total myocardial counts (×103)447 ± 96625 ± 198214 ± 601,019 ± 190
  • * Corrected for physical decay at half-time of SPECT recording.

  • Expressed in percentage of maximal predicted value (220 – age).