Performance evaluation of a novel multi-pinhole collimator on triple-NaI-detector SPECT/CT for dedicated myocardial imaging.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe patient scan presented in this study was performed with the ethical approval of the Hungarian National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition. Ethical approval number: OGYEI/38000/2019. A written consent from the patient presented in this study was acquired well before the start of the procedure (i.e., radiopharmaceutical administration and SPECT acquisition). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsAron K. Krizsan, Kornel Kukuts, Walid Al-Muhanna, Zoltan Szoboszlai, Sandor Barna, Ildiko Garai were full-time employees of Scanomed Nuclear Medicine Center Debrecen, Hungary at the time of the measurements of this study. In further, co-authors of this publication, Attila Forgacs, Tamas Bukki, Balazs Szabo, Laszlo Balazs hold position at Mediso Medical Imaging Systems, Budapest, Hungary, the manufacturer of the multi-pinhole collimator evaluated in this study. There is no further conflict of interest for any of the other authors. Competing interests Aron K. Krizsan, Kornel Kukuts, Walid Al-Muhanna, Zoltan Szoboszlai, Sandor Barna, Ildiko Garai were full-time employees of Scanomed Nuclear Medicine Center Debrecen, Hungary at the time of the measurements of this study. In further, co-authors of this publication, Attila Forgacs, Tamas Bukki, Balazs Szabo, Laszlo Balazs hold position at Mediso Medical Imaging Systems, Budapest, Hungary, the manufacturer of the multi-pinhole collimator evaluated in this study. There is no further conflict of interest for any of the other authors."

"Funding Nothing to disclose."