Table of Contents:
  • Perfusion and function in the normal and abnormal heart
  • Physics and technical aspects of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT
  • Stress testing and imaging protocols
  • Quantification of myocardial perfusion
  • Quantification of ventricular function
  • Interpretation and reporting of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT
  • Artifacts caused by and clarified by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT
  • Clinical value of combined perfusion and function imaging in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease
  • Assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function in acute coronary syndromes: implications for gated SPECT imaging
  • Clinical value of assessment of perfusion and function for the evaluation of myocardial viability in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction
  • Quantitative gated blood pool SPECT
  • Gated positron emission tomography for the assessment of myocardial perfusion and function
  • Comparison of function, viability, and perfusion assessed by myocardial perfusion SPECT and CMR
  • Complementary roles of cardiac CT and gated myocardial perfusion SPECT or PET in patients with known or suspected CAD.