title: Left ventricular volume determination from single-photon emission computed tomography.
abstract: To compare the accuracy of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with that of contrast cineangiography in measuring left ventricular end-diastolic volume, 25 consecutive patients undergoing catheterization for coronary artery or valvular heart disease were first evaluated scintigraphically. A simple, count-corrected voxel counting technique was used to derive left ventricular end-diastolic volume from transaxial SPECT slices. SPECT volume values showed a high degree of correlation with those determined by angiography (r = 0.969), with a standard error of the estimate of 23 ml. SPECT offers a highly accurate and essentially noninvasive method for measuring chamber volumes that is independent of geometric assumptions about ventricular configuration and chest wall attenuation and does not require blood sample counting.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bunker
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hartshorne
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cawthon
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Karl
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bauman
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Rubal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002932:Cineangiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008961:Models, Structural; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013318:Stroke Volume; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m