Jeffery Meden, Edward Ficaro and James Corbett
Journal of Nuclear Medicine May 2011, 52 (supplement 1) 1132
Description:
This study compares the image quality, diagnostic accuracy, and efficiency of attenuation-corrected IQ-SPECT performed in four minutes versus conventional parallel hole collimated SPECT/CT, which typically takes 15-20 minutes, in patients undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging.
Clinical Relevance:
IQ-SPECT offers comparable image quality and diagnostic accuracy to standard SPECT/CT while significantly reducing imaging time.