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Ernest Garcia

Professor of Radiology
Verified email at emory.edu
Cited by 22895

Onset of left ventricular mechanical contraction as determined by phase analysis of ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: development of a diagnostic …

J Chen, EV Garcia, RD Folks, CD Cooke… - Journal of nuclear …, 2005 - Springer
Background A count-based method using technetium-99m sestamibi electrocardiographygated
myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography imaging has been …

Quantification of rotational thallium-201 myocardial tomography

EV Garcia, K Van Train, J Maddahi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1985 - Soc Nuclear Med
A comprehensive method is described for quantification of the relative 3-dimensional
distribution of TI-201 in the myocardium, following stress and subsequent washout. The method …

Can LV dyssynchrony as assessed with phase analysis on gated myocardial perfusion SPECT predict response to CRT?

…, EE van der Wall, MJ Schalij, EV Garcia… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is now a well-recognized therapeutic option for
patients with end-stage heart failure. However, not all patients respond to CRT, and, therefore, …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical quantification of myocardial blood flow using PET: joint position paper of the SNMMI cardiovascular council and the ASNC

…, V Dilsizian, S Dorbala, EP Ficaro, EV Garcia… - 2018 - Springer
Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is among the most commonly performed
diagnostic tests in cardiology. Although the diagnostic and prognostic applications of …

[PDF][PDF] Left ventricular function and perfusion from gated SPECT perfusion images: an integrated method

…, EG DePuey, RI Pettigrew, EV Garcia - Journal of Nuclear …, 1999 - Soc Nuclear Med
For all studies, SPECTperfusionimagingwasperformedusing 99mTcsestamibi acquired with
a GE 400ACT rotating gamma camera (General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI) …

The value and practice of attenuation correction for myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging: a joint position statement from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology …

…, SJ Cullom, EG DePuey, EV Garcia… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2002 - Soc Nuclear Med
Despite advancements in technologies, non-uniform soft tissue attenuation still affects the
diagnostic accuracy of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial …

[HTML][HTML] Novel solid-state-detector dedicated cardiac camera for fast myocardial perfusion imaging: multicenter comparison with standard dual detector cameras

…, S Rispler, MK O'Connor, L Verdes, EV Garcia - Journal of nuclear …, 2009 - Springer
Objective To compare the diagnostic performance of a new dedicated ultrafast solid-state
cardiac camera (Discovery NM 530c [DNM]) with standard dual detector cameras (S-SPECT) …

The increasing role of quantification in clinical nuclear cardiology: the Emory approach

EV Garcia, TL Faber, CD Cooke, RD Folks… - Journal of nuclear …, 2007 - Springer
Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging has
attained widespread clinical acceptance as a standard of care for patients with known or …

Cardiac dedicated ultrafast SPECT cameras: new designs and clinical implications

EV Garcia, TL Faber, FP Esteves - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using nuclear cardiology techniques has been widely
applied in clinical practice because of its well-documented value in the diagnosis and …

Technical aspects of myocardial SPECT imaging with technetium-99m sestamibi

EV Garcia, CD Cooke, KF Van Train, R Folks… - The American journal of …, 1990 - Elsevier
Most reports to date using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with
technetium-99m (Tc-99m) sestamibi have used acquisition parameters that were optimized for …