This is a pilot study to see whether cardiac imaging can be performed using half the standard dose of radioisotope.
The aim of this study is to compare the image quality of the half radioisotope dose scans obtained using a CZT (cadmium zinc telluride) camera with scans acquired using a standard of care imaging protocol/radioisotope dose performed on a traditional (conventional) camera. The proposed strategy of a half dose/extended time protocol with the CZT camera should yield a similar count activity and consequently image quality equivalent to that detected by a conventional SPECT system.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
74
Half-dose of tracer or radioisotope will be used for Nuclear stress test of the heart. This is imaging test of the heart to see the function of arteries of the heart.
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Image quality of the half-dose CZT versus full dose scans
Time frame: 1 Week
Total radiation dose/exposure of the half-dose CZT vs. full dose scans
Time frame: 1 Week
Total myocardial count activity and count rates obtained during each scan
Time frame: 1 Week
Agreement between the half-dose CZT vs. full dose scans on the presence and extent of fixed or reversible defects on a per-patient and vessel basis
Time frame: 1 Week
Agreement between the half-dose vs. full dose scans on gated data such as EF, left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume, LV end-systolic volume
Time frame: 1 Week
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