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An automatic method for quantification of myocardium at risk from myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with acute coronary occlusion.

Fransson, Helen LU ; Engblom, Henrik LU ; Hedström, Erik LU orcid ; Bouvier, Frederic ; Sörensson, Peder ; Pernow, John ; Arheden, Håkan LU and Heiberg, Einar LU (2010) In Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 17. p.831-840
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In order to determine myocardial salvage, accurate quantification of myocardium at risk (MaR) is necessary. We present a validated novel automatic segmentation algorithm for quantification of MaR by myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) in patients with acute coronary occlusion. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-nine patients with coronary occlusion were injected with a perfusion tracer before reperfusion, and underwent rest MPS within 4 hours. The MaR was quantified using the proposed algorithm (Segment software), the software Quantitative Perfusion SPECT (QPS) and by manual segmentation. The Segment MaR algorithm used a threshold of 55% of maximal counts and an a priori model based on normal coronary artery perfusion territories. The... (More)
BACKGROUND: In order to determine myocardial salvage, accurate quantification of myocardium at risk (MaR) is necessary. We present a validated novel automatic segmentation algorithm for quantification of MaR by myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) in patients with acute coronary occlusion. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-nine patients with coronary occlusion were injected with a perfusion tracer before reperfusion, and underwent rest MPS within 4 hours. The MaR was quantified using the proposed algorithm (Segment software), the software Quantitative Perfusion SPECT (QPS) and by manual segmentation. The Segment MaR algorithm used a threshold of 55% of maximal counts and an a priori model based on normal coronary artery perfusion territories. The MaR was 30 +/- 10% left ventricular mass (%LVM) by manual segmentation, 31 +/- 12%LVM by Segment, and 36 +/- 14%LVM by QPS. There was a good agreement between automatic and manual segmentation for both of the algorithms with a lower bias for Segment (.8 +/- 4.0%LVM) than for QPS (5.8 +/- 5.8%LVM) when compared to manual segmentation. CONCLUSIONS: The Segment MaR algorithm can be used to correctly assess MaR from MPS images in patients with acute coronary occlusion without access to tracer-specific normal database. The MaR in relation to final infarct size enables determination of myocardial salvage. (Less)
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  author       = {{Fransson, Helen and Engblom, Henrik and Hedström, Erik and Bouvier, Frederic and Sörensson, Peder and Pernow, John and Arheden, Håkan and Heiberg, Einar}},
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  title        = {{An automatic method for quantification of myocardium at risk from myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with acute coronary occlusion.}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/s12350-010-9237-z}},
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