Clinical experience with a multidetector SPET system (Toshiba GCA-9300A)

Nucl Med Commun. 1994 Aug;15(8):643-52. doi: 10.1097/00006231-199408000-00009.

Abstract

The clinical experience with the Toshiba GCA-9300A single photon emission tomography (SPET) system is discussed along with typical acquisition protocols for various SPET studies. The system was used to perform SPET studies in normals and in a variety of brain and body disorders. Its three Anger-type gamma cameras forming a triangular aperture offer a substantial increase in sensitivity compared to a single rotating gamma camera. This has allowed the routine use of lead fanbeam super high-resolution collimators (SHR FB) for 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) brain SPET studies and high-resolution parallel-hole collimators (HR PH) for cardiac and other body studies. The resulting improvement in spatial resolution coupled with the ease of patient positioning and the greater patient throughput compared to a conventional tomographic gamma camera, will enhance the role of brain and body SPET for both routine and research purposes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chest Pain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Oximes
  • Reference Values
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods

Substances

  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Oximes
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime