Nuclear Cardiac Imaging Principles and Applications.

Iskandrian, Ami E.

Nuclear Cardiac Imaging Principles and Applications. [electronic resource] : - Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2008. - 1 online resource (749 p.)

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Cover; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1. A Brief Historical Perspective on Nuclear Cardiology; 2. Radiation Physics and Radiation Safety; 3. Imaging Instrumentation; 4. Kinetics of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging Radiotracers; 5. Acquisition, Processing, and Quantification of Nuclear Cardiac Images; 6. Quantification of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images; 7. Image Artifacts; 8. Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Attenuation Correction; 9. Gated SPECT; 10. Gated Blood Pool SPECT; 11. SPECT/CT and PET/CT Hybrid Imaging and Image Fusion 12. Phase Analysis in Resynchronization Therapy: Old and New13. Infarct Sizing; 14. Treadmill Exercise Testing; 15. Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Imaging; 16. Pharmacological Stress Testing; 17. Risk Assessment in CAD: Suspected CAD/Known Stable CAD; 18. Risk Assessment in Acute Coronary Syndromes; 19. Risk Assessment before Noncardiac Surgery; 20. Use of Nuclear Techniques in the Assessment of Patients before and after Cardiac Revascularization Procedures; 21. Accuracy of Cardiovascular Imaging for the Assessment of Cardiac Symptoms in Women 22. Imaging Patients with Chest Pain in the Emergency Department23. Imaging Left Ventricular Remodeling; 24. Iodinated Fatty Acid Imaging; 25. Imaging Myocardial Innervation; 26. First-Pass Radionuclide Angiography; 27. Radionuclide Angiography: Equilibrium Imaging; 28. Positron Emission Tomography; 29. Cardiac PET Imaging without an On-Site Medical Cyclotron; 30. Myocardial Viability/Hibernation; 31. Cardiovascular Molecular Imaging: Current Progress and Future Prospects; 32. Noninvasive Imaging Techniques in the Detection and Prognostication of Coronary Artery Disease 33. Cost-Effectiveness of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Compared to Other Diagnostic Testing Modalities34. Screening of Asymptomatic Patients; 35. Artificial Intelligence Methods in Nuclear Cardiology; 36. Quality Practical Nuclear Cardiology: Appropriateness, Training, Physician Certification, Laboratory Accreditation, and Reporting; 37. Cardiac Computed Tomography for the Nuclear Cardiology Specialist; 38. Practical Issues: Ask the Experts; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y;

Nuclear cardiac imaging refers to cardiac radiological diagnostic techniques performed with the aid of radiopharmaceuticals, which are perfused into the myocardium as markers. These imaging studies pr.

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Diagnostic imaging.
Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis.
Heart -- Radiography.
Radioisotope scanning.
Medicine.
Heart--Diseases--Diagnosis.
Diagnostic imaging.
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