Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2022. Vol. 67. № 2

Problems of Scintigraphic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Heart Disease and Methods of Their Correction

I.N. Ilyushenkova, Zh.Zh. Anashbaev, E.V. Popov, S.I. Sazonova

Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Tomsk, Russia

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ABSTRACT

The present review is devoted to the issues of topical diagnostics of inflammatory myocardial diseases, problems that arise at the stages of primary data collection, processing and interpretation of results, as well as ways to solve them. The paper describes the basic principles of indication of focal pathological inclusions of radiopharmaceuticals by single-photon emission computed tomography and current approaches used in world practice to eliminate motor and respiratory artifacts that affect the diagnostic effectiveness of molecular imaging. Literature search was performed using electronic bibliographic databases, such as PubMed, E-library, Medline, GoogleShcolar.

Keywords: inflammation, scintigraphy, motion correction, respiratory correction, SPECT/CT, myocarditis.

For citation: Ilyushenkova IN, Anashbaev ZhZh, Popov EV, Sazonova SI. Problems of scintigraphic diagnosis of inflammatory heart disease and methods of their correction. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2022;67(2):32-37. (In Russian) doi: 10.33266/1024-6177-2022-67-2-32-37

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Article received: 30.11.2021. Accepted for publication: 30.03.2022.