Elimination of artifacts caused by residual radiopharmaceutical activity in injection site in myocardial perfusion imaging on Discovery NM 530c semiconductor gamma camera
Artifacts caused by radiopharmaceutical activity in injection site reduce image quality and can potentially generate or hide perfusion defects. They can be observed mainly in patients examined in prone position, after radiopharmaceutical injection in cubital fossa. These artifacts can be eliminated by a lead shield, which can change the final assessment of MPI study in 20% of the patients.
Authors
- Artur Owczarek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-5132)
- Zbigniew Adamczewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8713-6936)
- Anna Płachcińska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3764-0880)
- Paweł Cichocki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2863-2478)
Institutions
- Medical University of Lodz (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EJNMMI Research
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-025-01222-w
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi