Gated SPECT evaluation of left ventricular function using a CZT camera and a fast low-dose clinical protocol: comparison to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
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Title
Gated SPECT evaluation of left ventricular function using a CZT camera and a fast low-dose clinical protocol: comparison to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Journal
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
ISSN
1619-7089 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1619-7070
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Published
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12/2013
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Oui
Volume
40
Number
12
Pages
1869-1875
Language
english
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Publication types: Comparative Study ; Journal Article
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Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
CZT technology allows ultrafast low-dose myocardial scintigraphy but its accuracy in assessing left ventricular function is still to be defined.
The study group comprised 55 patients (23 women, mean age 63 ± 9 years) referred for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. The patients were studied at rest using a CZT camera (Discovery NM530c; GE Healthcare) and a low-dose (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin clinical protocol (mean dose 264 ± 38 MBq). Gated SPECT imaging was performed as a 6-min list-mode acquisition, 15 min after radiotracer injection. Images were reformatted (8-frame to 16-frame) using Lister software on a Xeleris workstation (GE Healthcare) and then reconstructed with a dedicated iterative algorithm. Analysis was performed using Quantitative Gated SPECT (QGS) software. Within 2 weeks patients underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI, 1.5-T unit CVi; GE Healthcare) using a 30-frame acquisition protocol and dedicated software for analysis (MASS 6.1; Medis).
The ventricular volumes obtained with 8-frame QGS showed excellent correlations with the cMRI volumes (end-diastolic volume (EDV), r = 0.90; end-systolic volume (ESV), r = 0.94; p < 0.001). However, QGS significantly underestimated the ventricular volumes (mean differences: EDV, -39.5 ± 29 mL; ESV, -15.4 ± 22 mL; p < 0.001). Similarly, the ventricular volumes obtained with 16-frame QGS showed an excellent correlations with the cMRI volumes (EDV, r = 0.92; ESV, r = 0.95; p < 0.001) but with significant underestimations (mean differences: EDV, -33.2 ± 26 mL; ESV, -17.9 ± 20 mL; p < 0.001). Despite significantly lower values (47.9 ± 16 % vs. 51.2 ± 15 %, p < 0.008), 8-frame QGS mean ejection fraction (EF) was closely correlated with the cMRI values (r = 0.84, p < 0.001). The mean EF with 16-frame QGS showed the best correlation with the cMRI values (r = 0.91, p < 0.001) and was similar to the mean cMRI value (49.6 ± 16 %, p not significant). Regional analysis showed a good correlation between both 8-frame and 16-frame QGS and cMRI wall motion score indexes (8-frame WMSI, r = 0.85; 16-frame WMSI, r = 0.89; p < 0.01).
Low-dose gated SPECT with a CZT camera provides ventricular volumes that correlate well with cMRI results despite significant underestimation in the measure values. EF estimation appeared to be more accurate with 16-frame reformatted images than with 8-frame images.
The study group comprised 55 patients (23 women, mean age 63 ± 9 years) referred for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. The patients were studied at rest using a CZT camera (Discovery NM530c; GE Healthcare) and a low-dose (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin clinical protocol (mean dose 264 ± 38 MBq). Gated SPECT imaging was performed as a 6-min list-mode acquisition, 15 min after radiotracer injection. Images were reformatted (8-frame to 16-frame) using Lister software on a Xeleris workstation (GE Healthcare) and then reconstructed with a dedicated iterative algorithm. Analysis was performed using Quantitative Gated SPECT (QGS) software. Within 2 weeks patients underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI, 1.5-T unit CVi; GE Healthcare) using a 30-frame acquisition protocol and dedicated software for analysis (MASS 6.1; Medis).
The ventricular volumes obtained with 8-frame QGS showed excellent correlations with the cMRI volumes (end-diastolic volume (EDV), r = 0.90; end-systolic volume (ESV), r = 0.94; p < 0.001). However, QGS significantly underestimated the ventricular volumes (mean differences: EDV, -39.5 ± 29 mL; ESV, -15.4 ± 22 mL; p < 0.001). Similarly, the ventricular volumes obtained with 16-frame QGS showed an excellent correlations with the cMRI volumes (EDV, r = 0.92; ESV, r = 0.95; p < 0.001) but with significant underestimations (mean differences: EDV, -33.2 ± 26 mL; ESV, -17.9 ± 20 mL; p < 0.001). Despite significantly lower values (47.9 ± 16 % vs. 51.2 ± 15 %, p < 0.008), 8-frame QGS mean ejection fraction (EF) was closely correlated with the cMRI values (r = 0.84, p < 0.001). The mean EF with 16-frame QGS showed the best correlation with the cMRI values (r = 0.91, p < 0.001) and was similar to the mean cMRI value (49.6 ± 16 %, p not significant). Regional analysis showed a good correlation between both 8-frame and 16-frame QGS and cMRI wall motion score indexes (8-frame WMSI, r = 0.85; 16-frame WMSI, r = 0.89; p < 0.01).
Low-dose gated SPECT with a CZT camera provides ventricular volumes that correlate well with cMRI results despite significant underestimation in the measure values. EF estimation appeared to be more accurate with 16-frame reformatted images than with 8-frame images.
Keywords
Cadmium, Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography/instrumentation, Female, Heart Ventricles/diagnostic imaging, Heart Ventricles/pathology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Movement, Organ Size, Radiation Dosage, Tellurium, Time Factors, Ventricular Function, Left, Zinc
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