Published October 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Removal of bolus fragmentation artifacts from pulmonary curves as applied to QP:QS shunt determination

  • 1. Baystate Medical Center-Springfield Hospital Unit, MA

Description

A computer method has been developed to correct errors from fragmented boluses in pulmonary time-activity curves. Improved QP:QS quantitation for cardiovascular shunt determination has been achieved in the 15 cases tested.The technique uses a series of subtractions of time-displaced minified curves from both bolus and pulmonary time-activity curves. The result is an improved bolus and lung curve that correlates very highly with QP:QS as determined by x-ray angiocardiography

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Journal Title
J. Nucl. Med.
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
10
Series
J. Nucl. Med.
Journal Page Range
930-933
ISSN
0022-3123