EANM procedural guidelines for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy using cardiac-centered gamma cameras

Cardiovascular Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)

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Abstract

An increasing number of Nuclear Medicine sites in Europe are using cardiac-centered gamma cameras for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS). Three cardiac-centered gamma cameras are currently the most frequently used in Europe: the D-SPECT (Spectrum Dynamics), the Alcyone (Discovery NM 530c and Discovery NM/CT 570c; General Electric Medical Systems), and the IQ-SPECT (Siemens Healthcare). The increased myocardial count sensitivity of these three cardiac-centered systems has allowed for a decrease in the activities of radiopharmaceuticals injected to patients for myocardial perfusion imaging and, consequently, radiation exposure of patients. When setting up protocols for MPS, the overall objective should be to maintain high diagnostic accuracy of MPS, while injecting the lowest activities reasonably achievable to reduce the level of radiation exposure of patient and staff. These guidelines aim at providing recommendations for acquisition protocols and image interpretation using cardiac-centered cameras. As each imaging system has specific design and features for image acquisition and analysis, these guidelines have been separated into three sections for each gamma camera system. These recommendations have been written by the members of the Cardiovascular Committee of EANM and were based on their own experience with each of these systems and on the existing literature.
Original languageEnglish
Article number11
Number of pages27
JournalEuropean Journal of Hybrid Imaging
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
  • Cardiac SPECT
  • CZT gamma camera
  • Procedural guidelines

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