Correction of collimator-dependent differences in the heart-to-mediastinum ratio in 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine cardiac sympathetic imaging: Determination of conversion equations using point-source imaging

Yusuke Inoue,Yutaka Abe,Kei Kikuchi,Keiji Matsunaga,Ray Masuda,Kazutoshi Nishiyama

Correction of collimator-dependent differences in the heart-to-mediastinum ratio in 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine cardiac sympathetic imaging: Determination of conversion equations using point-source imaging

2017

Yusuke Inoue
Yutaka Abe
Kei Kikuchi
Keiji Matsunaga
Ray Masuda
Kazutoshi Nishiyama

Background Septal penetration causes collimator-dependent differences in the heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratio in 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) cardiac imaging. We investigated generally applicable methods to correct such differences.

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Radiology
Collimator
Point source
Mediastinum
Internal medicine
Cardiology
Cardiac imaging
Nuclear medicine
Cardiac Imaging Techniques
Medicine
3-Iodobenzylguanidine
123i mibg
septal penetration

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