Evaluation of the effects of patient arm attenuation in cardiac perfusion imaging

Dershan Luo, Michael A. King, Tin su Pan, Weishi Xia

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of having the patient's arms at their side on quantification of cardiac perfusion images. We observe that with the arms at the side, the reconstruction does look somewhat more blurred, due to the larger radius of rotation employed to accommodate the arms. However, the loss of uniformity is not greater than changing to imaging a bigger patient or performing a different acquisition scheme. In general, MLEM attenuation correction helps dramatically in maintaining uniformity of activity within the left ventricular walls.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages1510-1514
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 1995
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1995 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Part 1 (of 3) - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: Oct 21 1995Oct 28 1995

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1995 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Part 1 (of 3)
CitySan Francisco, CA, USA
Period10/21/9510/28/95

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiation
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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