Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/53074
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-25T12:42:06Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-25T12:42:06Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationGera, E. (2009). Cardiac SPECT with or without motion correction : its effect on image interpretation. (Bachelor's dissertation).en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/53074-
dc.descriptionB.SC.(HONS)RADIOGRAPHYen_GB
dc.description.abstractIntroduction The requests for SPECT imaging are increasing for proper evaluation of the heart. During this scan, the heart needs to be maintained in the same position but this is not always possible due to voluntary or involuntary motion. A new feature of motion correction is nowadays being used in order to avoid patient motion having a significant effect on the image quality. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of motion correction on image quality and diagnostic information. Methodology The research design used for this study was a prospective, correlative design with a quantitative approach. The research tool was a checklist given to the nuclear medicine physician to score which image had better quality of the two and to mark on a Likert scale the degree of difference between the two. Two sets of images of patients who had undergone a cardiac SPECT scan were given to the nuclear medicine physician for each patient; one with motion correction and one without. Twenty five cardiac SPECT scans were used to gather the data. Results The results obtained indicated that there is a difference in image quality between the images obtained with motion correction from those without. These results supported the literature found. The use of the motion correction technique for patients with significant motion during the SPECT acquisition resulted in the production of images of higher diagnostic value. Conclusion Although such results were obtained from this study, the study is in no way considered conclusive. Further research is needed in order to produce more significant results. The researcher recommends that the study should he done with a larger sample size in order to be able to generalize the results to the entire population.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessen_GB
dc.subjectRadiography, Medicalen_GB
dc.subjectSingle-photon emission computed tomographyen_GB
dc.subjectHeart -- Radiographyen_GB
dc.subjectImage analysisen_GB
dc.subjectImaging systems in medicineen_GB
dc.titleCardiac SPECT with or without motion correction : its effect on image interpretation.en_GB
dc.typebachelorThesisen_GB
dc.rights.holderThe copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holderen_GB
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Maltaen_GB
dc.publisher.departmentFaculty of Health Sciences. Department of Radiographyen_GB
dc.contributor.supervisorZarb, F.-
dc.contributor.supervisorBorg Grima, K.-
dc.description.reviewedN/Aen_GB
dc.contributor.creatorGera, Eliza-
Appears in Collections:Dissertations - FacHSc - 2009
Dissertations - FacHScRad - 2009

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
Gera_Eliza_Cardiac SPECT with or without motion.pdf
  Restricted Access
5.29 MBAdobe PDFView/Open Request a copy


Items in OAR@UM are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.