PMID: 6976421Jan 1, 1982Paper

Performance of the rotating slant-hole collimator for the detection of myocardial perfusion abnormalities

Journal of Nuclear Medicine : Official Publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine
O RatibH R Schelbert

Abstract

To determine the usefulness of the rotating slant-hole (RSH) collimator, a new imaging device for tomographic myocardial imaging, we evaluated its performance in phantom studies. Perfusion defects of variable size, location, and tracer concentration were simulated and imaging was performed with a conventional parallel-hole collimator and the RSH collimator. Planar and depth resolutions assessed with a line source compared favorably with those reported previously for the seven-pinhole collimator. The results also showed RSH tomography to be more sensitive than planar imaging in detecting simulated myocardial defects but indicated some limitations, especially the occurrence of artifactual defects that may reduce the specificity of the imaging device for the detection of perfusion abnormalities.

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