Effect of a patient-specific minimum activity in stress myocardial perfusion imaging using CZT-SPECT: Prognostic value, radiation dose, and scan outcome.

Joris David van DijkN M BorrenM MoudenJ A van DalenJ P OttervangerP L Jager

Published in: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (2017)

Introduction of a patient-specific low-activity protocol does not affect the percentage of scans interpreted as normal or prognosis but significantly lowers the radiation dose for CZT-SPECT MPI.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
pet ct
high resolution
randomized controlled trial
magnetic resonance imaging
stress induced
contrast enhanced
dual energy
fluorescence imaging