title: Brain SPECT artifact in multidetector SPECT system.
abstract: Stringent quality control cannot be overemphasized in performing SPECT. SPECT artifacts related to camera uniformity, center of rotation, and the patient's motion are well recognized. In this communication, another rare cause of a SPECT artifact related to a triad system is reported. A triple-headed SPECT system was accidentally equipped with two ultrahigh-resolution collimators and a general all-purpose collimator during a brain SPECT study, causing a false cerebral blood flow defect.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime