Cardiac SPECT imaging / editors, E. Gordon DePuey, Ernest V. Garcia, Daniel S. Berman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributing Authors Preface 1 Principles of Cardiac SPECT Imaging S. James Cullom 3 2 Quality Control for SPECT Imaging Kenneth J. Nichols, James R. Galt 17 3 Quantitative Analysis of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion [and others] Kenneth F. Van Train, Ernest V. Garcia, C. David Cooke 41 4 Advanced Computer Methods in Cardiac SPECT [and others] C. David Cooke, Tracy L. Faber, Joseph S. Areeda 65 5 Advances in Instrumentation for Cardiac SPECT James R. Galt, Ernest V. Garcia 81 6 Attenuation Correction in Myocardial Perfusion SPECT S. James Cullom, James A. Case, Timothy M. Bateman 89 7 Gated Perfusion SPECT: Technical Considerations [and others] Guido Germano, Kenneth J. Nichols, S. James Cullom 103 8 Radiopharmaceuticals Raymond Taillefer 117 9 Detection, Evaluation, and Risk Stratification of Coronary Artery Disease by Thallium-201 Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy Jamshid Maddahi, Daniel S. Berman 155 10 Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability with Technetium-99m Perfusion Agents Daniel S. Berman, Sean W. Hayes, Guido Germano 179 11 Clinical Application of Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT E. Gordon DePuey, Gary Heller, Raymond Taillefer 211 12 Artifacts in SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging E. Gordon DePuey 231 13 Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Conjunction with Exercise and Pharmacologic Stress: Prognostic Applications in the Clinical Management of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Siu-Sun Yao, Alan Rozanski 263 14 Cost-Effectiveness of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Rory Hachamovitch, Leslee J. Shaw 297 15 F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose SPECT Frans C. Visser, Jeroen J. Bax, Martin P. Sandler 311 16 Gated Blood-Pool SPECT Edward P. Ficaro, James R. Corbett 321 Subject Index 339