Clinical gated cardiac SPECT / edited by Guido Germano, Daniel S. Berman.

Contents Perfusion and function in the normal and abnormal heart -- Physics and technical aspects of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT -- Stress testing and imaging protocols -- Quantification of myocardial perfusion -- Quantification of ventricular function -- Interpretation and reporting of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT -- Artifacts caused by and clarified by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT -- Clinical value of combined perfusion and function imaging in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease -- Assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function in acute coronary syndromes: implications for gated SPECT imaging -- Clinical value of (combined) assessment of perfusion and function (contractile reserve) for the evaluation of myocardial viability in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction -- Quantitative gated blood pool SPECT -- Gated positron emission tomography for the assessment of myocardial perfusion and function -- Comparison of function, viability, and perfusion assessed by myocardial perfusion SPECT and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging -- Cardiac computed tomography and a conceptual framework for the use of cardiac CT and gated myocardial perfusion SPECT or PET in patients with known or suspected CAD.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2006009615
ISBN9781405131551 (alk. paper)
ISBN1405131551 (alk. paper)