TY - JOUR
T1 - Is Attenuation Correction for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Underutilized?
AU - Kauling, Robert M.
AU - Post, Martijn C.
AU - Rensing, Benno J.W.M.
AU - Schaap, Jeroen
AU - Verzijlbergen, J. Fred
PY - 2015/8/18
Y1 - 2015/8/18
N2 - Myocardial SPECT remains an important diagnostic technique in patients suspected of significant coronary artery disease. However, the diagnostic accuracy is hampered by several clinical and technical difficulties. Among these, soft tissue attenuation is one of the most frequent causes. Attenuation correction has the power to correct for these artifacts, increasing the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial SPECT. The current review summarizes the available clinical evidence for attenuation correction and raises the question if this technique is not underutilized in current clinical practice.
AB - Myocardial SPECT remains an important diagnostic technique in patients suspected of significant coronary artery disease. However, the diagnostic accuracy is hampered by several clinical and technical difficulties. Among these, soft tissue attenuation is one of the most frequent causes. Attenuation correction has the power to correct for these artifacts, increasing the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial SPECT. The current review summarizes the available clinical evidence for attenuation correction and raises the question if this technique is not underutilized in current clinical practice.
KW - Attenuation correction
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Diagnostic accuracy
KW - Myocardial SPECT
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84935845247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12410-015-9346-9
DO - 10.1007/s12410-015-9346-9
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84935845247
SN - 1941-9066
VL - 8
JO - Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
JF - Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
IS - 8
M1 - 31
ER -