A miniature cadmium telluride detector module for continuous monitoring of left-ventricular function.
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 138 (2) , 477-481
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.138.2.7455133
Abstract
A miniature CdTe detector module for continuous monitoring of ventricular function using an equilibrium radionuclide blood-pool label is described. The detector and collimator are small, light and suitable for direct attachment to the chest wall. Clinical studies in 18 patients using a prototype system demonstrated reasonably good correlation with left-ventricular ejection fractions (LVEF) determined by 1st-pass studies performed with a multicrystal scintillation camera (r = 0.74) and gated equilibrium studies performed with a computerized NaI probe (r = 0.76). The CdTe device may be useful in patients in intensive and coronary care units as well as in ambulatory patients.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- COMPUTERIZED ROTATING LAMINAR RADIONUCLIDE CAMERA1979
- Analysis of left ventricular function from multiple gated acquisition cardiac blood pool imaging. Comparison to contrast angiography.Circulation, 1977
- Assessment of cardiac performance with quantitative radionuclide angiocardiography: sequential left ventricular ejection fraction, normalized left ventricular ejection rate, and regional wall motion.Circulation, 1977
- INVIVO LABELING OF RED BLOOD-CELLS WITH TC-99M - NEW APPROACH TO BLOOD POOL VISUALIZATION1977
- REAL-TIME SYSTEM FOR MULTI-IMAGE GATED CARDIAC STUDIES1977
- COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR RAPID AND EFFICIENT INVIVO LABELING OF RED-CELLS WITH [TC-99M] PERTECHNETATE1977
- ECG-GATED SCINTILLATION PROBE MEASUREMENT OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR FUNCTION1977