Drivers of radiation dose reduction with myocardial perfusion imaging: A large health system experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increasing emphasis on reducing radiation exposure from myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), the use of radiation-sparing practices (RSP) at nuclear laboratories remains limited. Defining real-world impact of RSPs on effective radiation dose (E) can potentially further motivate their adoption.

Methods

MPI studies performed between 1/2010 and 12/2016 within a single health system were included. Mean E was compared between sites with 'basic' RSP (defined as elimination of thallium-based protocols and use of stress-only (SO) imaging on conventional single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) cameras) and those with 'advanced' capabilities (sites that additionally used solid-state detector (SSD) SPECT cameras, advanced post-processing software (APPS) or

SUBMITTER: Al Badarin FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6669103 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature