Recommendations for reducing radiation exposure in myocardial perfusion imaging
MD Cerqueira, KC Allman, EP Ficaro, CL Hansen… - 2010 - Elsevier
Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET) for the detection of ischemia in …
tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET) for the detection of ischemia in …
[HTML][HTML] Clinical validation of time reduction strategy in continuous step-and-shoot mode during SPECT acquisition
V Picone, N Makris, F Boutevin, S Roy, M Playe… - EJNMMI physics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The SwiftScan solution (General Electric Healthcare) combines a new
low-energy high-resolution sensitivity collimator and a tomographic step-and-shoot …
low-energy high-resolution sensitivity collimator and a tomographic step-and-shoot …
[HTML][HTML] Modelling SPECT auto-contouring acquisitions for 177Lu & 131I molecular radiotherapy using new developments in Geant4/GATE
Abstract Purpose Monte Carlo modelling of SPECT imaging in Molecular Radiotherapy can
improve activity quantification. Until now, SPECT modelling with GATE only considered …
improve activity quantification. Until now, SPECT modelling with GATE only considered …
Effect of number of views on cross-sectional Compton imaging: A fundamental study with backprojection
M Sakai, RK Parajuli, M Kikuchi, M Yamaguchi… - Physica Medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction We have been developing a medical imaging technique using a Compton
camera, which is expected to reconstruct three-dimensional images. If the number of views …
camera, which is expected to reconstruct three-dimensional images. If the number of views …
Optimized sampling for high resolution multi-pinhole brain SPECT with stationary detectors
Y Chen, MC Goorden, B Vastenhouw… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Brain perfusion SPECT can be used in the diagnosis of various neurologic or psychiatric
disorders, eg stroke, epilepsy, dementia and posttraumatic stress disorder. As traditional …
disorders, eg stroke, epilepsy, dementia and posttraumatic stress disorder. As traditional …
[HTML][HTML] Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation
H Najam, MC Dearborn, D Tafti - StatPearls [Internet], 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nuclear medicine emerged in the late 19th century with the discovery of radioactivity, which
is now widely used in both diagnostic imaging and therapeutics.[1] A vital tool in nuclear …
is now widely used in both diagnostic imaging and therapeutics.[1] A vital tool in nuclear …
Evaluation of the number of SPECT projections in the ordered subsets-expectation maximization image reconstruction method
Y Takahashi, K Murase, T Mochizuki… - Annals of nuclear …, 2003 - Springer
Filtered back projection (FBP) method, maximum likelihood-expectation maximization (ML-
EM) method, and ordered subsets-expectation maximization (OS-EM) method are currently …
EM) method, and ordered subsets-expectation maximization (OS-EM) method are currently …
[HTML][HTML] Verification of the effect of acquisition time for SwiftScan on quantitative bone single-photon emission computed tomography using an anthropomorphic …
T Shiiba, Y Sekikawa, S Tateoka, N Shinohara, Y Inoue… - EJNMMI physics, 2022 - Springer
Background SwiftScan single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a recently
released scanning technique with data acquired when the detector is stationary and when it …
released scanning technique with data acquired when the detector is stationary and when it …
Instrumentation quality assurance and performance
KJ Nichols, SL Bacharach, SR Bergmann… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Elsevier
The proper choice of equipment to acquire clinical data for specific purposes and a well-
designed quality assurance (QA) program are both essential requirements for optimizing …
designed quality assurance (QA) program are both essential requirements for optimizing …
Motion detection and correction using multi-rotation 180 single-photon emission tomography for thallium myocardial imaging
AJ Britten, F Jamali, JN Gane, AEA Joseph - European journal of nuclear …, 1998 - Springer
Patient and organ motion is a potentially limiting factor in gamma camera single-photon
emission tomography (SPET) imaging, as highlighted in stress thallium myocardial SPET …
emission tomography (SPET) imaging, as highlighted in stress thallium myocardial SPET …