The state of nuclear medicine 2005

CE Nagle - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
In looking back at 2004, what key ad-vances for nuclear medicine imaging come to mind?
For me this past year was memorable for several reasons:(1) advances in and rapid clinical …

Nuclear Medicine-SPECT/PET

A Cuocolo - Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT, 2012 - Springer
In current clinical practice the assessment of myocardial perfusion with radiotracers is an
integral component of the evaluation of patients with suspected or known coronary artery …

2006 Image of the Year: Focus on Cardiac SPECT/CT

HN Wagner Jr, CA Wagner - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
This year's image, chosen from thousands of oral and poster presentations, illustrates what
Wagner called the ''complementary nature''of 2 imaging modalities. The image was a part of …

Cardiac Hybrid Imaging (PET/CT and SPECT/CT): Assessment of CAD

G Vorobiof, Z Keidar, S Dorbala, MF Di Carli - Hybrid PET/CT and SPECT …, 2010 - Springer
The field of nuclear cardiology is witnessing a rapid growth in the installed base of hybrid
SPECT/CT and PET/CT scanners. Although the CT component in the original hybrid …

Perfusion debate

HW Strauss - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2017 - Springer
Stirrup and Underwood make their argument for SPECT imaging from the perspective of ''If it
ain't broke, don't fix it.''They acknowledge the historic value of myocardial perfusion SPECT …

Hybrid PET/CT and SPECT/CT Imaging: A Teaching File

D Delbeke, O Israel - 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
This book is the product of 2 editors who have worked together over the past decade on
projects related to technologic development, especially hybrid technology. They have felt the …

Hybrid PET/CT and SPECT/CT Imaging: A Teaching File

EE Kim - 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
This book is the product of 2 editors who have worked together over the past decade on
projects related to technologic development, especially hybrid technology. They have felt the …

Hybrid imaging with single photon emission and x-ray computed tomography: Initial experience with 332 patients using an integrated 16-slice high-speed CT with a …

J Ziffer, W Janowitz, H Vuong, L Elgarresta, J Acosta… - 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
1106 Objectives: Integration of CT with PET provided important technical and clinical
advantages. New hybrid SPECT-CT devices (with high-speed CT) have been developed …

SPECT vs CT: CT is not the first line test for the diagnosis and prognosis of stable coronary artery disease

ZJ Trzaska, MC Cohen - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2013 - Springer
Cardiovascular diseases have a profound impact on global health, with more people dying
annually from cardiovascular diseases than from any other cause. In 2008, an estimated 7.3 …

Complementary roles of low-dose SPECT-CT and high-resolution volume CT for detection of coronary artery disease

C Akincioglu, T Belhocine, S Gambhir… - Clinical nuclear …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
A 70-year-old woman with a high pretest likelihood of coronary artery disease (CAD)
underwent a Tc-99m MIBI SPECT-CT study for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), which …