Cardiac PET and PET/CT Imaging takes a step-by-step approach to PET and PET/CT instrumentation, imaging, and protocols.

Beginning with imaging fundamentals and progressing through advanced discussion of specific applications, this book is a comprehensive source of cardiac PET and PET/CT information.

Sections written by and for technologists as well as discussion of MRI and other imaging modalities add to the well-rounded scope of this book. A library of original cases and several hundred illustrations, many in color, complete the text by highlighting interpretation and technical challenges in cardiac PET and PET/CT.

Features:

• Practical tips for cardiac PET and hybrid PET/CT
• Step-by-step approach facilitates learning
• Includes several original case studies
• Illustrated through with scans, charts, diagrams, and graphs

Contents

Instrumentation and Principles of Imaging

1. Instrumentation and Principles of Imaging: PET
2. Instrumentation and Principles of CT
3. Integrated PET/CT
4. Principles of Quantitation in Cardiac PET

General Considerations for Performing PET and Integrated PET/CT

5. Radiopharmaceuticals for Clinical Cardiac PET Imaging
6. Iodinated Contrast Agents for Cardiac CT
7. CT Anatomy of the Heart
8. Patient and Occupational Dosimetry

Diagnostic Approaches to Patients with CAD

9. Patient Preparation and Stress Protocols for Cardiac PET and Integrated PET/CT Imaging
10. PET and Integrated PET/CT Myocardial Imaging Protocols and Quality Assurance
11. Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with PET
12. Quantifying Myocardial Perfusion for the Assessment of Preclinical CAD
13. Assessing Atherosclerotic Burden with CT
14. CT Coronary Angiography
15. Relative Merits of Coronary CTA and Coronary MRI
16. Integrated Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion and Coronary Angiography with PET/CT

Diagnostic Approaches to the Patient with Heart Failure

17. PET Measurement of Myocardial Metabolism
18. Myocardial Viability Assessment with PET and PET/CT
19. Myocardial Perfusion, Viability, and Functional Assessment with Contrast CT
20. Assessment of Myocardial Viability by Cardiac MRI
21. Comparison of Imaging Modalities in the Assessment of Myocardial Viability
22. Role of Imaging Cardiac Innervation and Receptors in Heart Failure

Emerging Role of Molecular Imaging

23. Evaluating High-Risk, Vulnerable Plaques with Integrated PET/CT
24. Evaluating Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque with MRI
25. Evaluating Gene and Cell Therapy
26. Imaging of Angiogenesis

Case Illustrations of Cardiac PET and Integrated PET/CT

1. Normal Vasodilator Stress PET/CT Study
2. Normal Dobutamine Stress PET/CT Study
3. Misregistration Artifact
4. Attenuation Correction Artifact
5. High-Risk PET/CT Scan
6. High-Risk PET/CT Scan
7. Assessing Myocardial Viability with PET/CT Study
8. Assessing Myocardial Viability with PET/CT Study
9. Troubleshooting Myocardial Viability Assessment with PET/CT
10. Integrating Calcium Scoring with Myocardial Perfusion PET
11. Integrating Myocardial Perfusion and LV Function Assessments to Identify High-Risk Patients
12. Integrating Myocardial Perfusion and CT Coronary Angiography to Diagnose and Manage High-Risk Patients
13. Integrating Myocardial Perfusion and CT Coronary Angiography to Diagnose and Manage Patients with Suspected CAD
14. Normal PET/CT with Incidental CT Findings
15. Normal PET/CT with Incidental CT Findings
16. Normal PET/CT with Incidental CT Findings
17. Normal PET/CT with Incidental CT Findings
18. Normal PET/CT with Incidental CT Findings

Index

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