Nuclear Cardiology Research

Our clinical labs perform simultaneous dual-isotope myocardial
perfusion imaging using multi-pinhole tomography for non-rotational SPECT.

A Brief History Of Multi-Pinhole Cardiac Tomography
The Rationale For Simultaneous Dual-Isotope Cardiac Imaging
Simultaneous Dual-Isotope Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Goals For Multi-Pinhole Tomography

October 2007 - A description of the methodology for comparison of simultaneous dual-isotope multi-pinhole SPECT
with rotational SPECT in a group of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). [pdf file 1.9 mb]

Patients 1-8 (7.83 MB PowerPoint file)
Patients 9-17 (8.68 MB PowerPoint file)
Patients 18-26 (8.68 MB PowerPoint file)

9-pinhole collimator on ARGUS EPIC detector (8.7 MB PowerPoint file)

2003 Society of Nuclear Medicine Presentations

Below are examples of our dual-isotope cardiac perfusion imaging reports.
Perfusion Curves / Perfusion Images / Volume Images / Animation (750KB)

Images of a heart phantom using a Dual Head ADAC Vertex (18 Pinhole)
Long Axis Vertical Slices / Long Axis Horizontal Slices / Short Axis Slices

Please feel free to contact us with questions or comments.
Nuclear-Cardiology@comcast.net
303-426-8388
Peter Steele, MD, Clinical Director
Dennis Kirch, MSEE, Engineer
John Koss, MS, Medical Physicist
© 2002-07 Nuclear Cardiology Research (NCR)
Metro Denver, Colorado
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Nuclear Cardiology Research has been dedicated to the research, development and improvement of myocardial perfusion SPECT (myocardial perfusion imaging) using multi-pinhole tomography for non-rotational SPECT.