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Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 1/2019

01-02-2019 | Editorial

Diagnostic implications of CZT SPECT and impact of CT attenuation correction

Authors: Andrew Peters, MD, Jeevan Kumar, MD, Pravin V. Patil, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 1/2019

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In the current issue, Kennedy et al.1 further validate cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) SPECT, including the use of customized databases for automated perfusion scoring. They also demonstrate the utility of CT attenuation correction to reduce false positives and improve diagnostic accuracy. They examined three groups of patients, performing a comparison of CZT and conventional SPECT, establishing a customized database for automated perfusion scoring with CZT, and demonstrating the impact of CT attenuation correction (CTAC) in CZT SPECT. While there have been many studies comparing conventional SPECT to invasive angiography and CZT SPECT to invasive angiography, not many have directly compared them in the same population. …
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Metadata
Title
Diagnostic implications of CZT SPECT and impact of CT attenuation correction
Authors
Andrew Peters, MD
Jeevan Kumar, MD
Pravin V. Patil, MD
Publication date
01-02-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-0961-5

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