Nuclear Cardiac Imaging. Principles and Applications

• Comprehensive and up-to-date
• Each chapter written by a leading authority in each specific topic
• Incorporates technical and clinical topics
• Accessible to both the specialist and trainee
• Tremendous effort by seasoned editors to keep chapters up to date, accurate and consistent

Description

'From a review of the previous edition: The authors have succeeded in creating a textbook that will satisfy the needs of both training and practising clinicians in either general nuclear medicine or nuclear cardiology. It is both comprehensive and current, and deserves a prominent place in any nuclear medicine library.' - Clinical Nuclear Medicine

The third edition of Nuclear Cardiac Imaging is designed to be the definitive reference textbook in the field. Each chapter is written by a leading authority in that particular subject area. There is major emphasis on the use of tables and figures, enabling the book to be used as a teaching resource.

Readership: Nuclear cardiologists, imaging specialists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, vascular surgeons, radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists, trainees in cardiology, radiology and nuclear medicine.

Contents

• 1 A Brief Historical Perspective on Nuclear Cardiology
• 2 Radiation Physics and Radiation Safety
• 3 Imaging Instrumentation
• 4 Kinetics of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Radiotracers
• 5 Acquisition, Processing and Quantification of Nuclear Cardiac Images
• 6 Image Artifacts
• 7 Myocardial Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Attenuation Correction
• 8 Gated Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
• 9 Exercise Treadmill Testing and Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• 10 Pharmacologic Stress Testing and Other Alternative Techniques in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease
• 11 Risk assessment in CAD
• 12 Use of Nuclear Techniques in the Assessment of Patients before and after Cardiac Revascularization Procedures
• 13 Diagnosis and Risk Assessment in Women
• 14 Evaluation of Patients with Acute Chest Pain Syndromes: Assessment with Perfusion Imaging in the Emergency Department
• 15 Fatty Acid and MIBG Imaging
• 16 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in the Assessment of Therapeutic Interventions
• 17 Radionuclide Angiography
• 18 Positron Emission Tomography
• 19 Myocardial Viability/Hibernation
• 20 Other Heart Diseases
• 21 Development of Newer Radiotracers for Evaluation of Myocardial and Vascular Disorders
• 22 Nuclear Cardiology Compared to Other Imaging Methods
• 23 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Nuclear Cardiology
• 24 Interpreting and Reporting Nuclear Studies
• 25 ACC/AHA/ASNC Guidelines and Position Papers
• 26 Practical Aspects of Running a Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory