Processing
- Check "bolus" quality before starting processing.
- Read cine on the computer screen and parametric images in printouts, using gray color scale or invert black and white.
- Note heart size, lung transit and any sign of left to right recirculation
- Get Qp:Qs ideally using only automatic algorythm .
(Normal Values)References:
Maltz DL, Treves S. Circulation.
1973 May;47(5):1049-56. Quantitative radionuclide angiocardiography:
determination of Qp: Qs in children.
Peix A. Medicina Nuclear en Cardiología Pediátrica, p 151-158 in: Medicina
Nuclear Aplicaciones Clínicas. Eds: I. Carrio - P. González. Editorial Masson,
Barcelona España, 2003.