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ReviewEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2016

Performance of cardiac cadmium-zinc-telluride gamma camera imaging in coronary artery disease: a review from the cardiovascular committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).

Denis Agostini, Pierre-Yves Marie, Simona Ben-Haim, François Rouzet, Bernard Songy, Alessandro Giordano, Alessia Gimelli, Fabien Hyafil, Roberto Sciagrà, Jan Bucerius and 6 more

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In one paragraph

Review in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 11 institutions in 6 countries.

Denis AgostiniDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, CHU Caen and Normandy University, EA 4650, Caen, France. agostini-de@chu-caen.fr.
Pierre-Yves MarieNancyclotep Experimental Imaging Platform, University of Lorraine, Faculty of Medicine, INSERM, U1116, Nancy, F-54000, France.
Simona Ben-HaimInstitute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London, University College Hospital, London, UK.
François RouzetDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Paris-Bichat, UMR 1148, Inserm and Paris Diderot-Paris 7 University Paris, Paris, France.
Bernard SongyCentre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint-Denis, France.
Alessandro GiordanoDepartment of Bioimages and Radiological Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
Alessia GimelliFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
Fabien HyafilDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Bichat University Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, UMR 1148, Inserm and Paris Diderot-Paris 7 University, Paris, France.
Roberto SciagràNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Jan BuceriusDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Hein J VerberneDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Riemer H J A SlartDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Oliver LindnerInstitute of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Christopher Übleis
Marcus Hacker
Cardiovascular Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
Inserm · FRAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NLCentre Cardiologique du Nord · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen Normandie · FRFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio · ITHeart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia · DEMaastricht University · NLUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The trade-off between resolution and count sensitivity dominates the performance of standard gamma cameras and dictates the need for relatively high doses of radioactivity of the used radiopharmaceuticals in order to limit image acquisition duration. The introduction of cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT)-based cameras may overcome some of the limitations against conventional gamma cameras. CZT cameras used for the evaluation of myocardial perfusion have been shown to have a higher count sensitivity compared to conventional single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) techniques. CZT image quality is further improved by the development of a dedicated three-dimensional iterative reconstruction algorithm, based on maximum likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM), which corrects for the loss in spatial resolution due to line response function of the collimator. All these innovations significantly reduce imaging time and result in a lower patient's radiation exposure compared with standard SPECT. To guide current and possible future users of the CZT technique for myocardial perfusion imaging, the Cardiovascular Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, starting from the experience of its members, has decided to examine the current literature regarding procedures and clinical data on CZT cameras. The committee hereby aims 1) to identify the main acquisitions protocols; 2) to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of CZT derived myocardial perfusion, and finally 3) to determine the impact of CZT on radiation exposure.

Indexed as

Cadmium CompoundsCardiac Imaging TechniquesCoronary Artery DiseaseEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisEuropeEvidence-Based MedicineGamma RaysHumansRadiation DosageRadiation ExposureRadionuclide ImagingReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTelluriumZincCadmium Compoundscadmium tellurideTelluriumZincCoronary artery diseaseCZT cameraDiagnosisPerfusionPrognosis

Identifiers

PMID27542010
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