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This new title offers comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the technical aspects of performing myocardial perfusion imaging. Essential to any cardiologist or cardiology technician who needs to keep abreast of the latest technology in nuclear cardiology, this well-illustrated resource is also a valuable board preparation tool.
Contents:
Preface
Section 1. Camera and Instrumentation
- 1. SPECT Instrumentation
- 2. Positron Emission Tomography Instrumentation
Section 2: Radiopharmaceuticals
- 3. Basic Principles of Flow Tracers
- 4. PET Radiopharmaceuticals
- 5. Fatty Acid Metabolic SPECT Imaging: Applications in Nuclear Cardiology
- 6. Cardiac Neuronal Imaging with 123I-mIBG
Section 3:Principles and Technique Considerations for Stress Testing
- 7. Exercise Testing
- 8. Pharmacologic Stress Testing in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Technical Application
Section 4: SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Techniques
- 9. Protocols and Acquisition Parameters for SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- 10. Myocardial SPECT Processing
- 11. Technical Considerations in Quantifying Myocardial Perfusion and Function
- 12. Artifacts and Quality Control for Myocardial SPECT Including Attenuation Correction
Section 5: Myocardial Perfusion Imaging PET Techniques
- 13. Positron Emission Tomographic Techniques and Procedures: Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- 14. PET for Assessing Myocardial Viability
- 15. Attenuation & Scatter Correction in Cardiac PET
Section 6: Cardiac Computerized Tomography
- 16. Fundamentals of Computed Tomography and Computed Tomography Angiography
Section 7: Imaging Ventricular Function
- 17. Technical Aspects of Scintigraphic Evaluation of Ventricular Function
- 18. ECG Gated SPECT Imaging,
- 19. Planar and SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography
Section 8: Radiation Safety and Regulatory Issues
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