Key result
CZT cameras dramatically cut radiation doses during MPI without compromising diagnostic accuracy.
The use of myocardial perfusion imaging has seen a tremendous growth during the last decade and has become the most commonly used non-invasive imaging tool for risk stratification in patients with suspected and known coronary artery disease. Adherence to radiation safety best practices varied significantly between laboratories but the possibility to use the new cameras in nuclear cardiology can reduce dramatically the radiation dose without losing accuracy. Moreover, the physical characteristics of ultrafast technology could be able to open new doors for the evaluation of old parameters, changing the impact of nuclear cardiology in the diagnostic strategies.
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Acampa et al. (2016) conducted a review in Suspected and known coronary artery disease. Cadmium-zinc-telluride cameras was evaluated. New cadmium-zinc-telluride cameras in nuclear cardiology can dramatically reduce radiation doses during myocardial perfusion imaging without compromising diagnostic accuracy.
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