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At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, our clinicians acquire both SPECT and planar images.  However, they also inject a small amount of Thallium (~1.5 mCi) immediately before imaging.  The images are acquired with dual energy windows for Tl-201 and Tc-99m.  ...

MIBI can overestimate scar and underestimate myocardial viability to the point that (in my opinion) it is of very little utility for this purpose. Luis A Tamara M.D., ABIM, ABNM, CBNC, NMTCB. Chief of Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology and ...

Viability should be done either with 24 Hours Thallium cardiac imaging or by using cardiac FDG viability protocol. MIBI is not recommended. ------------------------------ Haim Golan MD Nuclear Medicine Consultant Assaf Harofeh Medical Center ------- ...

Good afternoon everyone.  I had another follow-up to the Ga68-DOTATATE adverse reactions we have been experiencing.  I recently received an updated package insert with updated information I thought some of you may find interesting.  Under "Adverse Reactions" ...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12749393 Nih Prognostic value of nitrate enhanced Tc99m MIBI SPECT study in detecting viable myocardium in patients with coronary artery disease. - PubMed - ...