Deep Learning Analysis of Upright-Supine High-Efficiency SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Prediction of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Study
Betancur J, Hu LH, Commandeur F, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann P, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Germano G, Otaki Y, Liang JX, Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Deep Learning Analysis of Upright-Supine High-Efficiency SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Prediction of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Study. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2018, 60: 664-670. PMID: 30262516, PMCID: PMC6495237, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.118.213538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal perfusion deficitMyocardial perfusion imagingSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingCoronary artery diseaseObstructive diseaseClinical readsArtery diseaseCoronary arteryPerfusion imagingTc-sestamibi myocardial perfusion imagingObstructive coronary artery diseaseLeft main coronary arteryStress myocardial perfusion imagingStress total perfusion deficitMain coronary arteryMajor coronary arteriesLeft ventricular myocardiumHypoperfusion severityRadiotracer countsMulticenter studyPerfusion deficitsNormal limitsVessel sensitivityPatient sensitivityPatients