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Preventing patient motion during tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7472588     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We evaluated whether use of a device that positions and supports the upper extremities and back during tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging reduces the incidence and severity of patient motion and patient motion artifact. METHODS: We enrolled 190 patients referred for stress/redistribution myocardial perfusion imaging. All patients were imaged once with the patient support device (PSD) and once without it. Patients were randomly assigned to use the PSD either during poststress or redistribution imaging. The presence and severity of patient motion was determined by visual inspection and quantitative motion detection. The presence of reconstruction artifact due to motion was detected visually and confirmed by motion correction. RESULTS: Use of the PSD reduced the incidence of motion from 38% +/- 3.7% to 26% +/- 3.3% (p < 0.05) and reduced the amount of motion by 5.3 +/- 2.2 mm (p < 0.05). Patients who did move, moved less when using the PSD by both visual (p < 0.02) and quantitative criteria (p < 0.05). Use of the PSD reduced the incidence of reconstruction artifacts to one third of control (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The use of this positioning and support device during tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging reduces the incidence and severity of patient motion and motion artifact.
Authors:
J A Cooper; B K McCandless
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine     Volume:  36     ISSN:  0161-5505     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Nucl. Med.     Publication Date:  1995 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-12-12     Completed Date:  1995-12-12     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0217410     Medline TA:  J Nucl Med     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2001-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Albany Medical College, New York 12208, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Artifacts*
Equipment Design
Heart / radionuclide imaging*
Humans
Middle Aged
Movement*
Patient Satisfaction
Posture
Thallium Radioisotopes / diagnostic use*
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / instrumentation*,  methods
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Thallium Radioisotopes

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