SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols

Wackers, Frans J. Th.; Bruni, Wendy; Zaret, Barry L.

doi:10.1007/978-1-59259-426-9_9

Frans J. Th. Wackers MD, PhD⁴,
Wendy Bruni BS, CNMT⁵ &
Barry L. Zaret MD⁶

Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology ((CONCARD))

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Abstract

SPECT ERNA is not routinely performed in most nuclear cardiology laboratories. Although the equipment used for the acquisition of ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion images allows for acquisition of ECG-gated SPECT ERNA without additional hardware or modifications, the processing software and the calculation of global LVEF is not fully standardized and/or widely validated. It is likely that in the near future SPECT ERNA will be utilized with increasing frequency.

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Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories; Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Nuclear Cardiology); and Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Frans J. Th. Wackers MD, PhD (Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Medicine; Director)
Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging and Exercise Laboratories, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
Wendy Bruni BS, CNMT (Chief Technologist)
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Barry L. Zaret MD (Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and Professor of Diagnostic Radiology; Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine; Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs)

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Wackers, F.J.T., Bruni, W., Zaret, B.L. (2004). SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols. In: Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-426-9_9

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