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- Parameters optimization of filtered back projection in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging reconstructionPublication . Metelo, Luís Francisco; Cunha, L.; Vieira, Domingos; Fonseca, A.; Tavares, A.; Soares, S.; Amorim, I.; Castro, R.; Abrantes, A. M.; Botelho, M. F.Nowadays, even if it is noticed an increasingly wider use of Iterative Methods (IM), a significant number of NM Departments is still routinely using Filtered Backprojection (FBP) as the method of choice in what concerns image processing in MPI. Several authors recommend the use of same filter parameters, no matter what the patient physical characteristics are.
- Practices in radiopharmacy: Is the use of a breathing needle a concern on the radiochemical purity of 99mTc radiopharmaceuticals?Publication . Oliveira, M.; Oliveira, T.; Rebelo, A.; Sousa, C.; Silva, A.; Nery, J.; Amorim, I.; Castro, R.The action of collecting the patient’s individual doses isn’t subjected to any followed protocol, unlike most practices in the Nuclear Medicine department. In certain departments, the individual doses are withdrawn by perforating the rubber septum at every dose while others choose to keep a needle in the kit to avoid multiple perforations. Radiochemical purity is typically the primary concern for 99mTc-radiopharmaceuticals so the potential presence of impurities will affect the radiochemical stability of the radiopharmaceutical and, after being injected to a patient, result in an altered biodistribution and poor image quality. Therefore, it’s important to verify every practice used on the product, which results in a need to learn if the needle kept in the kit at some departments is affecting the radiopharmaceutical’s stability. It is aimed to disseminate the results obtained on a large study performed to evaluate whether there is any correlation between keeping the needle in the kit, during the clinical practice and during the stability period of two different radiopharmaceuticals.