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Comparisons of the time-activity curves of the cardiac blood pool and liver uptake by99mTc-GSA dynamic SPECT and measured99mTc-GSA blood concentrations

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Objectives

The aim of this study was to determine the time-activity curve in the cardiac and hepatic region by99mTc-GSA dynamic SPECT which is clinically used in liver scintigraphy and evaluate the temporal changes in the consistency and errors at the absolute scale using the regression equation of changes in the blood concentration of99mTc-GSA.

Methods

In 11 patients who underwent99mTc-GSA dynamic SPECT over the 30 min period after IV injection, the percentages of activity in the collected blood and in the blood pool estimated by dynamic SPECT were determined as the plasma clearance by blood collection and as the blood clearance by cardiac pooling. Extrahepatic uptake, expressesd as 100 - (% uptake in the liver by dynamic SPECT (%)) was calculated as the blood clearance by the liver. The regression equation(Y = Yo + Aeat was determined from the changes in the counts, expressed as a percent. Percent errors and the differences in theY-intercept (Yo), coefficient(A) and slope (α) on the regression curve were compared.

Results

Blood pool clearance gradually exceeded the measured plasma clearance. The clearance by the liver started from a very low initial value and gradually became equal to that of plasma clearance over the first 15 minutes and exceeded it over the second 15 minutes. TheY-intercept was significantly higher in the blood pool clearance than that in the measured plasma clearance (p < 0.001), and the coefficient was significantly lower in the former than the latter (p < 0.001). The coefficient and slope were significantly lower in the hepatic clearance than the plasma clearance (p < 0.001, p < 0.005).

Conclusion

The time-activity curve of the blood pool showed a tendency towards overestimation in the second half of the examination, probably due to scatter effect from the liver. The time-activity curve of liver uptake showed a tendency towards overestimation in the first half of the examination, probably due to the high concentration in the hepatic blood pool, and underestimation in the second half.

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    Yukio Sugai, Akio Komatani, Takaaki Hosoya & Kazue Takahashi

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Sugai, Y., Komatani, A., Hosoya, T. et al. Comparisons of the time-activity curves of the cardiac blood pool and liver uptake by99mTc-GSA dynamic SPECT and measured99mTc-GSA blood concentrations. Ann Nucl Med 20, 295–301 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984646

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