Diagnostic Performance of Attenuation-Corrected Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol. 57; no. 12; pp. 1893 - 1898
• Main Authors: Huang, Jei-Yie, Huang, Chun-Kai, Yen, Ruoh-Fang, Wu, Hon-Yen, Tu, Yu-Kang, Cheng, Mei-Fang, Lu, Ching-Chu, Tzen, Kai-Yuan, Chien, Kuo-Liong, Wu, Yen-Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society of Nuclear Medicine 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Medical diagnosis; Medical imaging; Meta-analysis; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - methods; Sensitivity and Specificity; Systematic review; coronary artery disease; meta-analysis; myocardial perfusion imaging; attenuation correction; single-photon emission tomography

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with SPECT is a well-established tool for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, soft-tissue attenuation is a common artifact that limits the diagnostic accuracy of MPI. The aim of this study was to determine whether attenuation correction (AC) im...