Common Artifacts in SPECT: How to Recognize

In this episode, nuclear cardiology specialist and past ASNC president, Dr. Gordon DePuey, identifies sources of artifacts and abnormalities, the significance of quality control practices, as well as clues to potential artifacts and the importance of anticipating the circumstances that may produce them. Dr. DePuey further discusses methods to mitigate artifacts and what to do when the likelihood of acquiring a good SPECT study is diminished.