Radionuclide imaging of cardiac function represents a number of well-validated techniques
for accurate determination of right (RV) and left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) and LV …

The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been
growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and …

PET radiotracer imaging with the labeled glucose analogue [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)
is increasingly being used in oncology imaging because of its usefulness in detecting and …

Cedars-Sinai's approach to the automation of gated perfusion single photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) imaging is based on the identification of key procedural …

Computer-aided segmentation of cardiac images obtained by various modalities plays an
important role and is a prerequisite for a wide range of cardiac applications by facilitating the …

Purpose Absolute quantification of myocardial blood flow expands the diagnostic potential of
PET for assessment of coronary artery disease. 82 Rb has significantly contributed to …

Accurate determination of left ventricular (LV) myocardial function is fundamental for clinical
diagnosis, risk stratification, and estimation of prognosis in patients with ischemic and …

In patients with suspected or documented heart disease, a precise quantitative and
qualitative assessment of cardiac function is critical for clinical diagnosis, risk stratification …

Abstract Evaluation of structural parameters following a myocardial infarction (MI) is
important to assess left ventricular function and remodeling. In this study, we assessed the …

Noninvasive imaging modalities offer the possibility to dynamically evaluate cardiac motion
during the cardiac cycle by means of ECG-gated acquisitions. Such motion characterization …