This is an abbreviated list of peer reviewed journal articles and presentations describing the use of the Wackers-Liu CQ (formerly Yale CQ) software suite.

 

 

Wackers FJTh: Science, art and artifacts: How important is quantification for the practicing physician interpreting myocardial perfusion studies. J Nucl Cardiol S109‑117, 1994.

 

Liu YH, Sinusas AJ, Shi QX, Shen MYH, Dione DP, Duncan JS, Wackers FJTh: Quantification of Tc99m‑sestamibi single photon emission tomography based on mean counts improves accuracy for assessment of relative regional myocardial blood flow: experimental validation in a canine model. J Nuc Cardiol. 3:312‑320, 1996.

 

Naruse H, Daher E, Sinusas AJ, Jain D, Natale D, Mattera J, Makuch R, Wackers FJTh: Quantitative comparison of planar and SPECT normal data files of thallium-201, technetium-99m-tetrofosmin and technetium-99m furifosmin. J Nucl Med 37:1783‑1788, 1996.

 

Shen MYH, Liu Y, Sinusas AJ, Fetterman R, Bruni W, Drozhinin OE, Zaret BL, Wackers FJTh. Quantification of Regional Myocardial Wall Thickening on ECG‑Gated SPECT Imaging. J Nucl Cardiol 6:583‑595, 1999.

 

Liu, YH, Sinusas AJ, Deman P, Zaret BL, Wackers FJTh. Quantification of SPECT myocardial perfusion images: Methodology and validation of the Yale‑CQ method. J Nuclear Cardiol 6:190‑203; 1999.

Wackers FJTh, Iskandrian AE, Verani MS, Berman DS, Natale D, Sinusas AJ, van Train DF, He ZX, Deman P: Multicenter comparison of quantification of SPECT defect sizes using different quantitative approaches. Circulation 96 (suppl) 1‑309, 1997.

 

Liu, YH, Ficaro EP, Kritzman JN, Corbett JR, Wackers FJTh. Attenuation correction improves SPECT quantification using the Yale‑CQ method. J Nucl Cardiol (suppl) S1 15, 1999.

Samady, H, Liu YH, Pfau SE, Bunger KN, Clark DJ, Sinusas AJ, Wackers FJTh, Cleman M. Diminished voltage on electroanatomical mapping correlates well with anatomical location and severity of myocardial perfusion defect on resting SPECT imaging. Circulation 100; 1-865, 1999.

 

Schwartz RG, Pearson TA, Kalaria VG Mackin ML, Williford DJ, Awasthi A, Shah A,. Prospective serial evaluation of myocardial perfusion and lipids during the first six months of pravastatin therapy: coronary artery disease regression single photon emission computed tomography monitoring trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:600-10.

 

 

Schwartz RG, Pearson TA, Williford DJ, Mackin ML, Awasthi A, Shah A. Pravastatin Improves Stress Induced Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Abnormalities by Six Months: Coronary Artery Disease Regression SPECT Monitoring Trial. Journal of American College of Cardiology, 2001; 37;424A.  Presentation, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.  March 2001. 

 

NavareFrans J. Th. Wackers; Are separate normal data files required for quantitative pharmacologic stress radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging? EurJ Nucl Cardiology 1996;3:S31-S40

Navare SM, Wackers FJTh, Liu YH. Comparison of 16-frame and 8-frame gated SPECT imaging for estimation of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction. Eur J Nucl Med, 2003;30:1330-1337.

Liu YH, Khaimov D, Sinusas AJ, Wackers FJTh. Gated SPECT quantification for myocardial thickness, left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: methodology and phantom validation. Proceeding of IEEE Nuclear Science and Medical Imaging 2003; Paper # M11-299 (5 pages).

Liu YH, Sinusas AJ, Khaimov D, Gebuza BI, Wackers FJTh. New hybrid count and geometry-based method for quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from ECG-gated SPECT: methodology and validation. J Nucl Cardiol 2005;12:55:65.

Liu YH, Khaimov D. A Geometry and count-based method for gated SPECT quantification of myocardial thickness, left ventricular volume and ejection fraction. IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 2005; 52:159-165.