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Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 1/2020

01-02-2020 | WHAT IS THIS IMAGE?

What is this image? 2019: Image 4 result

Starburst artifact from a remote intense hot spot creating perfusion defects in the LV myocardium on myocardial perfusion SPECT

Authors: Mohsen Qutbi, MD, Isa Neshandar Asli, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 1/2020

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Excerpt

Intense hot spots produce a variety of artifacts during reconstruction in SPECT images. The effect of hot spots in close vicinity to the LV is well described, but the effect of those which are located remotely from, but at the same level to, the LV is less familiar to nuclear medicine practitioners. In the present article, the effect is demonstrated pictorially in a case with a postinjection residual activity at the tip of the central venous (CV) catheter in situ and later, a brief mechanistic basis of the formation of this artifact during reconstruction is provided. …
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Metadata
Title
What is this image? 2019: Image 4 result
Starburst artifact from a remote intense hot spot creating perfusion defects in the LV myocardium on myocardial perfusion SPECT
Authors
Mohsen Qutbi, MD
Isa Neshandar Asli, MD
Publication date
01-02-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01998-0

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