Nuclear Cardiology, The Basics How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wackers, Frans J. Th (Editor), Bruni, Wendy (Editor), Zaret, Barry L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Nuclear medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Medicine.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.

The purpose of this book is to provide the outline for the "nuts and bolts" establishment and operation of a nuclear cardiology laboratory. In so doing, the authors have attempted to deal with the relevant issues that a laboratory director must address in either setting up the laboratory o...

Table of Contents:

• Getting Started
• Laboratory Logistics
• Radiation Safety
• Patient Preparation
• Stress Procedures
• SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• Planar Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
• Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography
• SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography
• Display and Analysis of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images
• Acquisition, Processing, Display, and Analysis of PET Images
• Hybrid Imaging
• Display and Analysis of Planar Myocardial Perfusion Images
• Display and Analysis of Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography
• Display and Analysis of SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography
• Artifacts and Technical Problems in Cardiac Imaging
• Nuclear Cardiology Reports
• Remote Reading and Networking
• Quality Assurance
• Miscellaneous Additional Laboratory Protocols and~Policies
• Emergency Department Imaging
• Laboratory Accreditation
• Coding and Billing
• Appropriateness Criteria for Nuclear Cardiology Procedures.