Validation of Automated Quantitation of Myocardial Perfusion and Fatty Acid Metabolism Abnormalities on SPECT Images

摘要

Background: Myocardial perfusion and fatty acid imaging have played important roles in the risk stratification of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, visual image assessment requires considerable experience and training. Therefore, an automated program has been developed that can quantify perfusion and fatty acid uptake on myocardial single emission computed tomography (SPECT). The present study aimed to validate the automated quantitative program. Methods and Results: A total of 50 patients were studied with known or suspected CAD who underwent stress 201Thallium (201Tl) and resting 123I-labelled β-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) SPECT. The SPECT images were quantified in 17 segments visually and using our Heart Score View software. Values were compared with those in a normal Japanese database and calculated summed stress (SSS), summed rest (SRS), summed difference (SDS), and summed BMIPP scores for each modality. Summed scores obtained using standard visual analysis and Heart Score View significantly correlated (201Tl: SSS: r=0.934; SRS: r=0.827; SDS: r=0.743 summed BMIPP score: r=0.913) (each P