Pulmonary nodules incidentally detected on attenuation-correction CT scans in MPI

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We agree with the conclusions of He et al.1 regarding the need for a greater degree of training for specialists primarily aligned with adult internal medicine, rather than radiology, to ensure appropriate reporting of important incidental findings on attenuation-correction CT images in myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). In Australia, MPI studies are reported by Nuclear Medicine specialists who are accredited by the Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists (AANMS). To gain this accreditation, it is mandatory to either have formal radiology training through the Royal Australasian and New Zealand College of Radiologists or, if trained primarily through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (in adult internal medicine), to have undertaken a cross-sectional imaging course managed by AANMS. This ensures adequate maintenance of reporting standards. Perhaps this model could be extended to a wider geography? …