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KMID : 1148920130470030188
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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2013 Volume.47 No. 3 p.188 ~ p.195
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Parametric Cerebrovascular Reserve Images Using Acetazolamide 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT: A Feasibility Study of Quantitative Assessment
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Choi Hong-Yoon
Yoo Min-Young
Cheon Gi-Jeong
Kang Keon-Wook
Chung June-Key
Lee Dong-Soo
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Abstract
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Purpose: Basal/acetazolamide stress 99mTc-HMPAO single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has been widely used for evaluation of hemodynamics; however, qualitative and subjective visual assessment of cerebrovascular reserve (CVR) has been performed in clinical settings. The aim of this study was to generate parametric CVR images and evaluate its feasibility of quantification.
Methods: Basal/acetazolamide stress 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT data from 17 patients who underwent bypass surgery or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty were used. Spatial normalization was performed and parametric CVR images were generated using relative CVR (rCVR) of each voxel proportional to CVR of the whole brain. Binary parametric maps to show area of relatively reduced CVR were generated also using threshold of rCVR < 90 %. We calculated rCVR of internal carotid artery (ICA) using the parametric CVR images and probabilistic maps for ICA territory. Pre- and postprocedural parametric CVR images were obtained and quantitative rCVRs were compared. The rCVRs were evaluated according to visual grades for regional decreased CVR.
Results: Postprocedural rCVR obtained from parametric CVR images increased significantly from preprocedural rCVR. The rCVR was significantly correlated with visual grades of reduced CVR for each side of ICA territories.
Conclusions: We generated parametric CVR images for basal/acetazolamide stress 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT. As a quantitative measurement, rCVR obtained from the parametric image was feasibly assessed hemodynamic abnormalities with preserved anatomical information.
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KEYWORD
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99mTc-HMPAO SPECT, Cerebrovascular reserve, Parametric images, Cerebral ischemia
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