Biomedical subjects

W P Schmidt

Publications and source records attributed to W P Schmidt.

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PubMed1990

Pixel overflow artifacts in SPECT evaluation of the skeleton.

The successful application of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) techniques to radionuclide evaluation of the skeleton depends on strict quality control measures, recognition of potential artifacts, and the selection of appropriate cases for specific reprocessing techniques. The application of simple image-processing routines to problems of "hot spot" and bladder pixel overflows facilitated a reduction in the technical inadequacy rate from 19% to 2% for SPECT evaluation of 100 hips, as well as improvement in diagnostic image quality in a variety of additional cases.

Adult↗

PubMed1985

Left ventricular volume determination from single-photon emission computed tomography.

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.

Adult↗

PubMed1984

SPECT hepatic scintigraphy "hot spot" localization.

The authors report a case of "hot spot" localization on SPECT hepatic scintigraphy secondary to IVC obstruction. The tomographic slices demonstrated the location of the focal increase in radiotracer activity as anterior, within the medial segment of the left lobe of the liver. Radionuclide angiography confirmed the extensive collateral vasculature of IVC obstruction.

Humans↗