Chonnam Med J.  2013 Aug;49(2):55-64. 10.4068/cmj.2013.49.2.55.

Recent Trends in Nuclear Cardiology Practice

• Won KS
• Song BI

• KMID: 1428263
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2013.49.2.55

Abstract

Over the past three decades, radionuclide myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) has become established as the main functional cardiac imaging technique for ischemic heart disease. It is currently appropriate for all aspects of detecting and managing ischemic heart disease, including diagnosis, risk assessment and stratification, assessment of myocardial viability, and evaluation of left ventricular function. The purpose of this article was to review recent trends in nuclear cardiology practice, excluding positron emission tomography. The past few years have brought several rapid developments that have increased photon sensitivity in nuclear cardiology scanner hardware. Additionally, software applying new methods of single photon emission tomography (SPECT) reconstruction on conventional and dedicated systems has preserved or even improved SPECT image quality with lower count statistics. On the other hand, much interest has been shown in lowering the radiation dose by the stakeholders of MPS.

Keyword

Myocardial perfusion imaging; SPECT; Radiation

MeSH Terms

Cardiac Imaging Techniques
Cardiology
Hand
Myocardial Ischemia
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Perfusion Imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Risk Assessment
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Ventricular Function, Left