Artifacts and Pitfalls in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

• Published in: Journal of nuclear medicine technology Vol. 34; no. 4; p. 193
• Main Authors: Burrell, Steven, MacDonald, Anita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Soc Nuclear Med 01.12.2006; Society of Nuclear Medicine
• Subjects: Diagnostic Errors - prevention & control; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Movement; Perfusion - methods; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon - methods; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is an important imaging modality in the management of patients with cardiovascular disease. MPI plays a key role in diagnosing cardiovascular disease, establishing prognosis, assessing the effectiveness of therapy, and evaluating viability. However, MPI is a comple...