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Quantitating myocardial fibrosis using extracellular extravascular volume determined from computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging
PurposeBoth of extracellular extravascular volume (EEV) and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) were proposed to quantify enlargement of myocardial...
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Recent Progress in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Techniques
Nuclear cardiology, similar to other fields of nuclear medicine, has experience rapid advancements. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), an important...
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Dynamic myocardial CT perfusion imaging—state of the art
AbstractIn patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), dynamic myocardial computed tomography perfusion (CTP) imaging combined with...
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The role of myocardial perfusion imaging in predicting myocardial ischemia in patients diagnosed with long COVID
ObjectiveIncomplete recovery with long-term complications weeks beyond the acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is referred to as long...
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AI-derived epicardial fat measurements improve cardiovascular risk prediction from myocardial perfusion imaging
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume and attenuation are associated with cardiovascular risk, but manual annotation is time-consuming. We evaluated...
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Personalized coronary and myocardial blood flow models incorporating CT perfusion imaging and synthetic vascular trees
Computational simulations of coronary artery blood flow, using anatomical models based on clinical imaging, are an emerging non-invasive tool for...
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Novel indices representing heterogeneous distributions of myocardial perfusion imaging
IntroductionHeterogeneous distribution in myocardial perfusion images (MPI) obtained by scintigraphy is often observed in cardiac diseases with...
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The Never-ending Story: Assessing coronary collateral circulation with myocardial perfusion imaging
The role of coronary collateral circulation has been thoroughly studied, and myocardial perfusion imaging has been a frequently employed method. Even...
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Diagnostic Value of 99mTc-MIBI Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Detecting Myocardial Ischemia of Children with Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Artery Lesions
Pediatric patients with coronary artery lesions (CALs) after Kawasaki disease (KD) may be complicated with myocardial ischemia. Although previous...
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Exploring the impact of recent COVID-19 infection on perfusion and functional parameters derived from gated myocardial perfusion imaging in patients undergoing evaluation for coronary artery disease
ObjectiveThis study seeks to evaluate how recent COVID-19 infection affects myocardial perfusion and functional parameters derived from gated...
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Myocardial perfusion imaging with retrospective gating and integrated correction of attenuation, scatter, respiration, motion, and arrhythmia
BackgroundAbsolute quantitative myocardial perfusion SPECT requires addressing of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties in conjunction with providing...
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Extracardiac findings with increased perfusion during clinical O-15-H2O PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: A case series
BackgroundCoincidental extracardiac findings with increased perfusion were reported during myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with various retention...
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Regional myocardial perfusion imaging in predicting vessel-related outcome: interplay between the perfusion results and angiographic findings
BackgroundDespite myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) by cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) camera is...
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Contrast Echocardiography for Assessing Myocardial Perfusion
Purpose of ReviewImprovements in ultrasound methods for detecting microbubble ultrasound enhancing agents have led to an increase in the use of...
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Determination of viable myocardium through delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging combined with 18F-FDG PET myocardial perfusion/metabolic imaging before CABG
Purpose: Study aims to investigate the consistency of delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (DE-CMR) and 18 F-FDG PET myocardial...
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Unsupervised learning to characterize patients with known coronary artery disease undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging
PurposePatients with known coronary artery disease (CAD) comprise a heterogenous population with varied clinical and imaging characteristics....
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Improving multi-pinhole CZT myocardial perfusion imaging specificity without changing sensibility by using adapted filter parameters
BackgroundMeta-analysis show the diagnostic performance of cardiac dedicated multi-pinhole cadmium-zinc-telluride myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI)...
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Improved Performance of PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Compared to SPECT in the Evaluation of Suspected CAD
Purpose of ReviewMyocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has played a central role in the...
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with myocardial ischemia by CT myocardial perfusion imaging, independent of clinical and coronary CT angiography characteristics
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate whether patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have more myocardial malperfusion on CT...
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Deep learning approach using SPECT-to-PET translation for attenuation correction in CT-less myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging
ObjectiveDeep learning approaches have attracted attention for improving the scoring accuracy in computed tomography-less single photon emission...