PET myocardial perfusion and metabolism clinical imaging

ASNC IMAGING GUIDELINES FOR NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES PET myocardial perfusion and metabolism clinical imaging

Highlights from the Updated Joint ASNC/SNMMI PET Myocardial Perfusion and Metabolism Clinical Imaging Guidelines.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) will periodically define new guidelines or update prior guidelines for nuclear medicine practice, independently or in collaboration with other organizations, to help advance the science of nuclear medicine and to improve the quality of patient care. In the 2016 September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, an updated joint Am...

Clinical myocardial perfusion PET/CT.

The field of nuclear cardiology is witnessing growing interest in the use of cardiac PET for the evaluation of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The available evidence suggests that myocardial perfusion PET provides an accurate means for diagnosing obstructive CAD, which appears superior to SPECT especially in the obese and in those undergoing pharmacologic stress. The ability to rec...

Filter selection for 99mTc-Sestamibi myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging [Persian]

Myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging with Tc99m-sestamibi is the most accurate non-invasive means of detecting coronary artery disease and assessing the severity of perfusion abnormalities in the patients with coronary stenosis. Though simple and straight forward the results produced by the technique is very much affected by the details being used. One of the main problems with the test, wh...

Direct 4D Parametric Imaging in Dynamic Myocardial Perfusion PET

yocardial perfusion (MP) PET provides improved diagnostic quality, certainty, and accuracy over conventional MP SPECT imaging [1-5]. The prognos-tic value in predicting adverse cardiac outcomes has also been demonstrated in an increasing number of studies [6-8]. In particular, dynamic MP PET imaging followed by tracer kinetic analysis (e.g. compartmental modelling applied to Rb-82 [9-15]), prov...