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Development and validation of a direct-comparison method for cardiac (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine washout rates derived from late 3-hour and 4-hour imaging.

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PURPOSE:The washout rate (WR) has been used in (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging to evaluate cardiac sympathetic innervation. However, WR varies depending on the time between the early and late MIBG scans. Late scans are performed at either 3 or 4 hours after injection of MIBG. The aim of this study was to directly compare the WR at 3 hours (WR3h) with the WR at 4 hours (WR4h). METHODS:We hypothesized that the cardiac count would reduce linearly between the 3-hour and 4-hour scans. A linear regression model for cardiac counts at two time-points was generated. We enrolled a total of 96 patients who underwent planar (123)I-MIBG scintigraphy early (15 min) and during the late phase at both 3 and 4 hours. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: a model-creation group (group 1) and a clinical validation group (group 2). Cardiac counts at 15 minutes (countearly), 3 hours (count3h) and 4 hours (count4h) were measured. Cardiac count4h was mathematically estimated using the linear regression model from countearly and count3h. RESULTS:In group 1, the actual cardiac count4h/countearly was highly significantly correlated with count3h/countearly (r = 0.979). In group 2, the average estimated count4h was 92.8 ± 31.9, and there was no significant difference between this value and the actual count4h (91.9 ± 31.9). Bland-Altman analysis revealed a small bias of -0.9 with 95 % limits of agreement of -6.2 and +4.3. WR4h calculated using the estimated cardiac count4h was comparable to the actual WR4h (24.3 ± 9.6 % vs. 25.1 ± 9.7 %, p = ns). Bland-Altman analysis and the intraclass correlation coefficient showed that there was excellent agreement between the estimated and actual WR4h. CONCLUSION:The linear regression model that we used accurately estimated cardiac count4h using countearly and count3h. Moreover, WR4h that was mathematically calculated using the estimated count4h was comparable to the actual WR4h.

journal_name

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging

journal_title

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors

Okuda K,Nakajima K,Sugino S,Kirihara Y,Matsuo S,Taki J,Hashimoto M,Kinuya S

doi

10.1007/s00259-015-3173-8

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-02-01 00:00:00

pages

319-325

issue

eissn

1619-7070

issn

1619-7089

pii

10.1007/s00259-015-3173-8

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Development and validation of a direct-comparison method for cardiac (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine washout rates derived from late 3-hour and 4-hour imaging.