title: Advances in image reconstruction software in nuclear cardiology: Is all that glitters gold?
abstract: The cornerstone results of nuclear cardiology in the last 25 years were obtained with the Filtered Back Projection as the preferred reconstruction method for tomographic studies. Recently, evolution of the OSEM iterative reconstruction algorithms was implemented by different vendors. The value and limitations of the new methods are briefly addressed.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Veruno (NO), via Revislate 13, 28010, Veruno, NO, Italy. claudio.marcassa@fsm.it.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcassa
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Department, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Scientific Institute of Veruno (NO), Veruno, NO, Italy.
authors.forename: Orazio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zoccarato
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D055426:Cardiac-Gated Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography / Q000639:trends*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000639:trends; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software
keywords: Gated-SPECT; image reconstruction; iterative algorithms