The diagnostic ability of SPECT/CT fusion imaging for gastrointestinal bleeding: a retrospective study.
Yoichi OtomiHideki OtsukaKaori TerazawaMoriaki YamanakaYuki ObamaMaki AraseMaki OtomoSaho IraharaMichiko KuboNaoto UyamaTakashi AbeMasafumi HaradaPublished in: BMC gastroenterology (2018)
All 3 imaging methods showed good accuracy in detecting the presence of gastrointestinal bleeding. The addition of SPECT or SPECT/CT made the anatomical position of the uptake clear and contributed to the localization of the site of gastrointestinal bleeding. Planar + SPECT/CT imaging therefore showed the highest diagnostic ability for detecting the site of gastrointestinal bleeding.