Computerized quantitation of regional myocardial perfusion in man

A computerized procedure has been developed for the generation, graphic presentation and quantitative evaluation of circumferential profiles of thallium-201 myocardial perfusion. The computer data are first filtered using a two-dimensional fast Fourier transform. The optimum criteria for evaluating the profiles of the left anterior oblique (LAO) view have been empirically determined for both rest and stress. The sensitivity of 89 percent and specificity of 75 percent compare well with the results of other methods and are free of the variables of visual interpretation.