Molecular and Multimodality Imaging in Cardiovascular Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schindler, Thomas H. (Editor), George, Richard T. (Editor), Lima, Joao A.C (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nuclear medicine.; Cardiac imaging.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Medicine.; Cardiac Imaging.

This book provides the most up-to-date coverage of the combined use of imaging modalities in order to acquire important functional and morphological information on cardiovascular disease and enhance disease detection. The recent developments in PET/MRI, cardiac CT, PET/CT, and SPECT/CT and their imp...

Table of Contents:

• PET/MRI: Physics, Instrumentation, and Scanners
• Potential Role of Cardiac PET/MRI in Cardiovascular Disease - Initial Experience
• PET/MRI for Cardiac Imaging
• Technical Considerations
• Role of PET and MRI in Assessing Cardiac Sarcoidosis
• Myocardial Viability: Hibernating and Stunning Myocardium - underlying Pathophysiology
• Concepts of SPECT, PET and MRI in the assessment of myocardial viability leading to PET/MRI
• Adding T-1 Mapping and MRI for Myocardial Fibrosis Assessment
• Potential of PET/MRI  in Assessment of Cardiovascular Plaque Burden and Activity
• CT in Assessing Coronary Morphology, Perfusion and Viability
• 3D Fusion Display of CT-Coronary Angiography and Scintigraphic Perfusion Imaging
• 3D Fusion Display of  CT-Coronary Angiography and PET-Determined Myocardial Flow Reserve. Is it the Future?
• Adding CT-measurements of Coronary Artery Calcification to SPECT Perfusion Imaging for Risk Stratification
• Cardiac Risk Stratification in Heart Failure Patients - Combining Assessment of Myocardial Viability with Sympathetic Innervations.