CardiArc® Images at Various Scan Durations
Below are images of the Data Spectrum anthropomorphic torso obtained at various imaging times with the CardiArc® scanner and with a state-of-the-art, dual-detector SPECT system. The conventional system had two detectors at 90° to each other - both equiped with low-energy, high-resolution (LEHR) collimators.
The CardiArc® images were obtained on a clinical prototype system. This machine uses CZT (cadmium zinc telluride) semiconductor detectors, but the detector arc was only half-filled. The CardiArc® scan times indicated are normalized to those of a production system with sodium-iodide detectors. All indicated times are normalized for tracer decay.
| Heart chamber | 450 microCuries |
| Background | 1.3 mCi |
It is useful to recall that the activity in the phantom is similar to that of a typical rest Tc99m study. A stress exam may have up to 2-3 times this activity.
Two cold "defects" were placed in the heart portion of the
phantom, one at the anterior wall (orange arrows) and one at
the inferobasal wall (yellow arrows).
The CardiArc® images show higher lesion contrast and better target-to-background ratios at all scan speeds studied. The improvement in image quality, compared to the standard system, becomes greater as scan time is shortened.
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Scan time = 11 minutes
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Conventional,
dual-detector w
high-resolution collimators - 11.3 minutes |
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CardiArc®
- 10.7 minutes |
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Scan time = 6 minutes
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Conventional,
dual-detector w
high-resolution collimators - 6.3 minutes |
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CardiArc®
- 6.1 minutes |
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Scan time = 2.8 minutes
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Conventional,
dual-detector w
high-resolution collimators - 2.8 minutes 168 seconds |
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CardiArc®
- 2.8 minutes 168 seconds |
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Scan time = 2.4 minutes (144 seconds)
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Conventional,
dual-detector w
high-resolution collimators - 2.4 minutes 144 seconds |
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CardiArc®
- 2.4 minutes 144 seconds |
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Scan time = 60 seconds
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Conventional,
dual-detector w
high-resolution collimators - 60 seconds |
No image because conventional design is mechanically incapable of rotating this
rapidly while acquiring.
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CardiArc®
- 60 seconds |
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Scan time = 30 seconds
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Conventional,
dual-detector w
high-resolution collimators - 30 seconds |
No image because conventional design is mechanically incapable of rotating this
rapidly while acquiring.
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CardiArc®
- 30 seconds |
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