Guidelines for Myocardial Viability Imaging with F-18 FDG

Role of F-18 FDG positron emission tomography (PET) in the assessment of myocardial viability.

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique with important clinical applications in cardiology, oncology, and neurology. In cardiac imaging, its role has been extensively evaluated in the noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease and in the determination of prognosis. Additionally, cardiac PET with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is very helpful in selection of pat...

Imaging Infection and Inflammation with F-18 FDG-PET

N uclear medicine plays an important role in the evaluation of inflammation and infection. Radionuclide imaging is complementary to CT in the postoperative patient and is used to help differentiate postoperative changes from infection. In the case of painful joint replacement, radionuclide studies are the primary diagnostic imaging modality for differentiating infection from other causes of pro...

Imaging infection and inflammation in children with (18)F-FDG PET and (18)F-FDG PET/CT.

The goal of this article is to delineate indications for (18)F-FDG PET/CT pertaining to inflammation in the pediatric population, with emphasis on those that have been described in the literature. The limitations of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in this type of evaluation are also described, and the importance of using as low a dose as feasible is discussed. After reading this article, the reader should be ...

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Myocardial viability assessment with gated SPECT Tc-99m tetrofosmin % wall thickening: comparison with F-18 FDG-PET.

OBJECT This study was designed to assess the value of gated SPECT Tc-99m-tetrofosmin (TF) wall thickening (WT) in addition to TF exercise (Ex)/rest myocardial SPECT, in comparison with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET. METHODS The study population consisted of 33 patients with old myocardial infarction (27 men and 6 women; mean age, 62 +/- 8 years old). All patients underwent Ex/rest TF SPEC...