Bianco about our editorial (1) highlights the need for a well defined comparison ofthese
radionuclide imaging modalities. We would like to thank Maclntyre et al. for pointing out an …

TO THE EDITOR: It is rather embarrassing to write to the editors criticizing the article that the
editors themselves have written, but in this case it probably should be done. We are referring …

Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been an indispensable tool in the
management of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD) for almost …

Since the birth of the first commercial Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner in 1975,
PET scan technology has come a long way, and entered the era of clinical applications in …

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) has radiotracer and instrumentation superiority
over single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). 1, 2 Both techniques have …

PET/MRI has been around for about 5 years now. Our institution was lucky enough to be the
first place in the world where this ''infernal machine''(also dubbed,''the beast''by the last …

Many patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD) benefit from the
information provided by a noninvasive cardiac imaging test. Cardiac imaging tests can …

Flotats et al. provide reasonable and interesting findings about the use of 82Rb PET in the
evaluation of patients with and without coronary artery disease (CAD). It is widely accepted …

Recently, positron emission tomography (PET) has been increasingly used also in clinical
cardiac imaging. The newest development, the hybrid imaging devices with 64-slice …

Although the aim of this book is to provide basic and practical information about the
operation of a conventional nuclear cardiology laboratory in which SPECT is operative, it is …