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The aim of the study was to assess the benefit of simultaneous transmission and emission imaging using two Gd-153 line sources (ADAC Vertex, Vantage system). 35 patients without evidence of cardiac disease and 10 patients with posterolateral wall infarctions under-went SPET with and without attenuation correction after administration of 400 MBq Tc-99m-Tetrofosmin. The non-uniformity of the mean count profile in polar maps decreased in normal subjects significantly (range in non-corrected studies: 35.8 ± 10.8%, in attenuation corrected studies: 20.9 ± 3,3%). In patients with CAD, extent and severity of defects were more clearly represented.
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Kluge, R., Seese, A., Knapp, W.H. (1997). Attenuation Correction in Cardiac SPET Using Two Gd-153 Line Sources — First Clinical Results. In: Bergmann, H., Kroiss, A., Sinzinger, H. (eds) Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7772-5_30
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