Title :
Estimating Tl-201 redistribution in the heart at rest using stress perfusion SPECT imaging
Author :
Pretorius, P.H. ; King, M.A. ; Wernick, M.N. ; Brankov, J.G.
Author_Institution :
Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Medical School Worcester 01655 USA
Abstract :
From our measurements in a clinic setting of total counts in the heart during Tl-201 stress and rest imaging, we found the difference between the two imaging time points to be approximately 30%-40%, making the washout rate much slower than Tc-99m Teboroxime. The goal of this study was to investigate ways to accurately estimate the dynamic behavior of Tl-201 directly after exercise stress in an effort to predict the activity distribution at rest.
Keywords :
Associate members; Cameras; Head; Heart; Image reconstruction; Liver; Noise level; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Stress measurement; Time measurement; Dynamic Cardiac SPECT; Tl-201;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dresden, Germany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774454
