technetium-tc-99m-exametazime and Chest-Pain

The clinical experience with the Toshiba GCA-9300A single photon emission tomography (SPET) system is discussed along with typical acquisition protocols for various SPET studies. The system was used to perform SPET studies in normals and in a variety of brain and body disorders. Its three Anger-type gamma cameras forming a triangular aperture offer a substantial increase in sensitivity compared to a single rotating gamma camera. This has allowed the routine use of lead fanbeam super high-resolution collimators (SHR FB) for 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) brain SPET studies and high-resolution parallel-hole collimators (HR PH) for cardiac and other body studies. The resulting improvement in spatial resolution coupled with the ease of patient positioning and the greater patient throughput compared to a conventional tomographic gamma camera, will enhance the role of brain and body SPET for both routine and research purposes.

Topics: Bone and Bones; Brain; Brain Diseases; Chest Pain; Humans; Kidney; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Ischemia; Organotechnetium Compounds; Oximes; Reference Values; Sensitivity and Specificity; Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon