I have worked on the DSPECT camera since 2008.  The image quality, patient throughput, capabilities and efficiency of this camera has been top notch.  The providers continue to be satisfied with the image quality and reliability of each scan.  We are able to identify minimal defects and continue patient care accordingly.  The patients are extremely pleased with the ease and speed of imaging.  The overall throughput of the system allows us to run a highly effective and efficient department and maximize patient turnaround time.  I continue to enjoy the DSPECT camera and would recommend this system to any clinic or patient. 

The D-SPECT camera has improved our lab in all of the following areas:  Efficiency, quality, accuracy, decreased radiation exposure and increased patient satisfaction.  We’ve had it for 3 years now have had 0% downtime.  We absolutely love it! 

The DSPECT-L camera has proven to be quite beneficial in differentiating attenuation artifacts from true defects with the added supine imaging. The added supine imaging time wasn’t an inconvenience at all. The seating has been comfortable for both average as well as obese patients. 

We are an outpatient cardiology office working with the nine detector D-SPECT Cardio MPI Imaging System since April 2020. We have performed over 1,700 single day rest-stress sestamibi studies on the system. Ninety-eight percent of our scans are performed in the upright position. We have scanned patient up to 485 pounds. We use the Cedars-Sinai QGS+QPS quantitative software package. All of our experience has been during the covid-19 pandemic which is a challenge. Spectrum Dynamics installed the camera and provided remote site applications training in April followed by onsite training in June. Dine Badri, the instructor, was knowledgeable and patient with us. He set the system acquisition and processing preferences to our specifications. The daily quality control procedure is timesaving and reveals a very stable system. We have experienced no downtime with the system. The system connectivity imports patient demographic data and transfers scan data to our hospital PACS. Phone support is excellent. We have been more efficient with our patient throughput. We have reduced patient sestamibi doses and reduced study acquisition time. The stationary gantry has greatly reduced patient motion artifact. Patients we have been following for years have commented how they like this system over the previous imaging systems we have used. The image quality is great. In summary we are pleased with the technical support, service support and quality of the images. The reduction in radiation exposure for the patients and technical staff is measurable. Patient comfort and throughput are improved. We are happy with the system. Thanks,

From the nuclear medicine physicians' perspective: "Having equipment with such a high level of performance improves clinical confidence and produces better results in less time and in the best ergonomic condition for the patients. The possibility of assessing CFR with CZT is very important in management and in making clinical decisions, especially in patients with multiverses coronary artery disease, in particular populations as diabetic patients and patients with microvascular non-obstructive heart disease.“

From the medical physicist's perspective: “The new D-SPECT CARDIO quality control is much faster and easier. The software is user-friendly, and daily QC and calibrations are very quick and easy to perform with a unique and well-defined procedure. As far as radiation protection is concerned, the D-SPECT allows injection of a lower administered activity to reduce radiation exposure while providing high-quality diagnostic images within a shorter acquisition time. It results in lower exposure to the staff.”

From the technologist's standpoint: “The D-SPECT system presents the latest generation of highly sensitive detectors arranged on a stationary gantry in a curved configuration to accommodate the patient’s heart. The unique aspect of the D-SPECT system allows patients to be imaged while sitting and positioned upright and/or supine. Upright positioning is an enhancement and an improvement for dedicated cardiac systems, especially helpful when imaging patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or dyspnea, as lying flat often exacerbates shortness of breath. Superior image quality, low doses, and fast acquisition times, combined with optimal patient comfort, demonstrate that D-SPECT technology is advantageous both for the patient and the nuclear medicine professionals acquiring and reading the study."