American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and Society of Nuclear Medicine joint position statement: attenuation correction of myocardial perfusion SPECT scintigraphy

✍ Scribed by Gary V Heller; Jonathan Links; Timothy M Bateman; Jack A Ziffer; Edward Ficaro; Mylan C Cohen; Robert C Hendel

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 34 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1071-3581
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2003.12.001

✦ Synopsis

On the basis of current information, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the Society of Nuclear Medicine recommend that, when available and technically feasible, attenuation correction should be used in addition to electrocardiography gating with single photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging to maximize its diagnostic accuracy and clinical usefulness.