Normal Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Database for the Spanish Population

Cuberas-Borrós, Gemma; Aguadé-Bruix, Santiago; Ferrater, María Boronat-de; Muxí-Pradas, María África; Romero-Farina, Guillermo; Castell‐Conesa, Joan; Aliaga, Verónica; Garcı́a-Dorado, David; Candell‐Riera, Jaume

doi:10.1016/s1885-5857(10)70187-0

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“…It has previously been shown that there are major differences between US and Japanese normal databases in nuclear cardiology [ 24 ], particularly in the apex and in the anterior wall in females and in the inferior wall in males. Similar results have been found in a Chinese [ 25 ] as well as a Spanish population [ 26 ]. We believe that in an ideal situation, every clinic should create its own normal stress database, instead of using the ones offered by the company providing the imaging evaluation software.…”

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Small average differences in attenuation corrected images between men and women in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: a novel normal stress database

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BackgroundThe American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the Society of Nuclear Medicine state that incorporation of attenuation-corrected (AC) images in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) will improve image quality, interpretive certainty, and diagnostic accuracy. However, commonly used software packages for MPS usually include normal stress databases for non-attenuation corrected (NC) images but not for attenuation-corrected (AC) images. The aim of the study was to develop and compare different normal stress databases for MPS in relation to NC vs. AC images, male vs. female gender, and presence vs. absence of obesity. The principal hypothesis was that differences in mean count values between men and women would be smaller with AC than NC images, thereby allowing for construction and use of gender-independent AC stress database.MethodsNormal stress perfusion databases were developed with data from 126 male and 205 female patients with normal MPS. The following comparisons were performed for all patients and separately for normal weight vs. obese patients: men vs. women for AC; men vs. women for NC; AC vs. NC for men; and AC vs. NC for women.ResultsWhen comparing AC for men vs. women, only minor differences in mean count values were observed, and there were no differences for normal weight vs. obese patients. For all other analyses major differences were found, particularly for the inferior wall.ConclusionsThe results support the hypothesis that it is possible to use not only gender independent but also weight independent AC stress databases.

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Small average differences in attenuation corrected images between men and women in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: a novel normal stress database

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“…To create a statistical map of normal lung V/Q SPECT, an elastic registration was performed on all images. This technique has been employed for cardiac or brain SPECT studies (28)(29)(30) to obtain statistical regional quantification (Z scores). The registration algorithm is a free-form intensity based registration method, using a vector field between the two images (optical flow) (31).…”

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V/Q SPECT for the Assessment of Regional Lung Function: Generation of Normal Mean and Standard Deviation 3-D Maps

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“…For example, the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine has recently performed an extensive validation of Japanese specific databases [55–58], clearly demonstrating the need for building region-specific databases. Other examples include Chinese [59] or Spanish [60] specific databases. Nevertheless, a study of a French population [37] showed no particular difference between the population-specific and the vendor-supplied normal databases.…”

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Normal Databases for the Relative Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion

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Curr Cardiovasc Imaging Rep

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Purpose of review Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with SPECT is performed clinically worldwide to detect and monitor coronary artery disease (CAD). MPI allows an objective quantification of myocardial perfusion at stress and rest. This established technique relies on normal databases to compare patient scans against reference normal limits. In this review, we aim to introduce the process of MPI quantification with normal databases and describe the associated perfusion quantitative measures that are used. Recent findings New equipment and new software reconstruction algorithms have been introduced which require the development of new normal limits. The appearance and regional count variations of normal MPI scan may differ between these new scanners and standard Anger cameras. Therefore, these new systems may require the determination of new normal limits to achieve optimal accuracy in relative myocardial perfusion quantification. Accurate diagnostic and prognostic results rivaling those obtained by expert readers can be obtained by this widely used technique. Summary Throughout this review, we emphasize the importance of the different normal databases and the need for specific databases relative to distinct imaging procedures. use of appropriate normal limits allows optimal quantification of MPI by taking into account subtle image differences due to the hardware and software used, and the population studied.

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Normal Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Database for the Spanish Population

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Small average differences in attenuation corrected images between men and women in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: a novel normal stress database

Small average differences in attenuation corrected images between men and women in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: a novel normal stress database

V/Q SPECT for the Assessment of Regional Lung Function: Generation of Normal Mean and Standard Deviation 3-D Maps

Normal Databases for the Relative Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion

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