Single photon emission computed tomography imaging method
OwnerElazar A. Bienenstockinventor
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Abstract
A SPECT diagnostic method of performing myocardial perfusion imaging on a patient by administering a rest radiotracer to the patient while the patient is at rest; then when the rest radiotracer is fixed in a heart of the patient, scanning the heart to obtain rest heart pumping ability information; scanning the heart of the patient to obtain a rest perfusion image; administering a stressing agent to the patient to place the patient's heart under stress; scanning the heart of the patient to obtain stress heart pumping ability information; then administering a stress radiotracer while the heart of the patient is under stress; then when the stress radiotracer is fixed in the heart, scanning the heart to obtain a stress perfusion image.
Claims27
A SPECT diagnostic method of performing myocardial perfusion imaging on a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
- (A) administering a rest radiotracer to the patient while the patient is at rest;
- then (B) when the rest radiotracer is fixed in a heart of the patient, scanning the heart to obtain rest heart pumping ability information;
- (C) scanning the heart of the patient to obtain a rest perfusion image;
- (D) administering a stressing agent to the patient to place the patient's heart under stress;
- (E) scanning the heart of the patient to obtain stress heart pumping ability information;
- then
- (F) administering a stress radiotracer while the heart of the patient is under stress;
- then
- (G) when the stress radiotracer is fixed in the heart, scanning the heart to obtain a stress perfusion image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.