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- Title
Prospects for advancing nuclear cardiology by means of new detector designs.
- Authors
Nichols, Kenneth; Tosh, Andrew; Palestro, Christopher
- Abstract
An essay is presented on the potential of the advances made in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) detector design to improve nuclear cardiology. It says that cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) SPECT camera has 1.7-2.5 times better resolution and 1.65 times more defined gamma ray energy than Anger camera. It adds that CZT SPECT camera has count sensitivities of 2.2-4.7 kilo counts per second (kcps), which results to decreased radiation dose to patients due to its increased sensitivity.
- Subjects
ESSAYS; SINGLE-photon emission computed tomography; CARDIAC radionuclide imaging; OPTICAL resolution; RADIATION; GAMMA rays
- Publication
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2009, Vol 16, Issue 5, p691
- ISSN
1071-3581
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s12350-009-9123-8