Main description:

This book presents the most up-to-date information on the practice of cardiac PET and hybrid PET/CT. Each chapter takes a step-by-step approach, from basic principles of instrumentation, imaging, and protocols to advanced discussions of current and future clinical applications. Coverage also includes a perspective on other emerging imaging modalities, such as MRI, and the relative role of each. In addition, the volume details the technical aspects of cardiac PET and PET/CT imaging. A library of original cases completes the text by illustrating interpretation and technical challenges in cardiac PET and hybrid PET/CT.

Contents:

*Introduction *Instrumentation and Principles of Imaging *PET *CT *Hybrid PET/CT *Cross-Sectional Anatomy of the Heart and Vessels *PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Cardiac Imaging *Contrast Agents for Cardiac CT *Principles of Kinetic Modeling and Quantitation in Cardiac PET *Patient Preparation and Technical Aspects of Performing Cardiac PET and PET/CT Imaging *Diagnostic Approaches to the Patient with Suspected or Known CAD *PET and PET/CT Protocols *Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with PET *CT Coronary Angiography *Relative Merit of MR and CT Coronary Angiography *Combined Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion and Coronary Angiography with Hybrid PET/CT *Monitoring Responses to Therapeutic Interventions *Diagnostic Approaches to the Patient with Heart Failure *Assessing Myocardial Substrate Metabolism with PET *Viability Assessment with PET and PET/CT *Viability Assessment with Contrast CT *Viability Assessment with MRI *Relative Merit of Competing Technologies for Assessing Myocardial Viability *Role of Imaging Cardiac Innervation and Receptors in Heart Failure *Molecular Imaging *Evaluating the Vulnerable Plaque with CT and PET/CT *Evaluating the Vulnerable Plaque with MRI *Evaluating Gene and Cell Therapy *Evaluating Angiogenesis *Future Directions *Cardiac PET and PET/CT: Case-Based Learning