Cardiac SPECT

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a nuclear imaging modality that uses injected radiotracers to image heart cell metabolism to show functional information on the heart. Cardiac SPECT is used for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and represents the vast majority of nuclear cardiologic imaging exams each year. It is used to determine if a patient has ischemia or an infarct and if revascularization of the coronary arteries will help the patient experiencing chest pain or a heart attack. The FDA has approved four radiotracers for MPI, including thallium-201, 99mTc-Sestamibi, 99mTc-Tetrofosmin, and 99mTc-Teboroxime.

Shine working toward U.S. production of Mo-99 for SPECT nuclear imaging
Greg Piefer, PhD, chief executive and founder of Shine, a Wisconsin-based radiopharmaceutical company that is building the world’s largest medical isotope production facility in Janesville, Wisconsin, explains progress on the company's fusion reactor that will become the first sustained U.S. commercial supplier of molybdenum-99 in decades.
Shine working toward U.S. production of Mo-99 for SPECT imaging
Greg Piefer, PhD, chief executive and founder of SHINE, a Wisconsin-based radiopharmaceutical company that is building the world’s largest medical isotope production facility in Janesville, Wisconsin, explains progress on the company's fusion reactor that will become the first U.S. commercial supplier of molybdenum-99 in decades.
The revolution is here: AI’s growing role in cardiovascular imaging, interventional cardiology
AI has already made a massive impact on healthcare, especially in the fields of cardiology and radiology. With the FDA clearing more and more algorithms, this trend is only expected to grow as time goes on.
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over
The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.
Cardiac PET on the rise among U.S. cardiologists
SPECT is still the most common modality used to evaluate CAD patients, but cardiac PET is gaining more and more momentum.

SNMMI backs updated ASNC guidelines on SPECT MPI

New 2018 guidelines for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) protocols on conventional and novel single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for nuclear cardiology practitioners has received praise from the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

Cardiac SPECT

Shine working toward U.S. production of Mo-99 for SPECT nuclear imaging

Shine working toward U.S. production of Mo-99 for SPECT imaging

The revolution is here: AI’s growing role in cardiovascular imaging, interventional cardiology

Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

Cardiac PET on the rise among U.S. cardiologists