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Table 7 Movements between the classes from the first to the second acquisition by reconstruction method

From: When is reacquisition necessary due to high extra-cardiac uptake in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy?

Change from first to second acquisition

Reconstruction method

Total (%)

FBP (%)

OSEM (%)

Improvement by 4 points

29 (2.5)

22 (3)

51 (2.7)

Improvement by 3 points

156 (13.4)

85 (11.6)

241 (12.7)

Improvement by 2 points

226 (19.4)

165 (22.5)

391 (20.6)

Improvement by 1 point

345 (29.6)

228 (31.1)

573 (30.2)

No change

340 (29.1)

170 (23.2)

510 (26.8)

Worsening by 1 point

62 (5.3)

56 (7.6)

118 (6.2)

Worsening by 2 points

8 (0.7)

6 (0.8)

14 (0.7)

Worsening by 3 points

-

1 (0.1)

1 (0.05)

Worsening by 4 points

-

1 (0.1)

1 (0.05)

Total

1,166 (100)

734 (100)

1,900 (100)

  1. FBP, filtered back-projection; OSEM, ordered subset expectation maximization.