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The most salient feature of the infor last four chapters of the
book evaluate the mation provided by nuclear medicine is its
information from an analytical and pathophysiological and
functional charac statistical point of view. This approach is ter.
For adequate experimental or clinical required for correct
decision-making. interpretation, such information should This book
is therefore the result of necessarily be interpreted alongside the
accumulated experience in nuclear cardiology views of the clinical
cardiologist, who is with the invaluable cooperation of medical
able to apply it to the individual patient. statisticians. It is
directed to physicians This approach, which is routine in every
with an interest in nuclear cardiology, to day clinical practice,
reaches its plenitude nuclear medicine specialists wishing to when
the whole process is completed and learn the uses and limitations
of these an intimate cooperation is established procedures in
everyday clinical cardiology, between the nuclear medicine
specialist and to cardiologists who feel the need to and the
clinical cardiologist. In such understand the rationale and
methodology instances, each one of these professionals of the
studies which benefit their patients. understands the needs, limits
and possi We understand that the ultimate reason bilities of the
other. for any scientific book is the transmission The present book
is the fruit of such of knowledge, and we are fully conscious
cooperation. In our hospital, an efficient of the enthusiasm of the
authors of the nuclear cardiology team has been made up present
text to achieve that aim.
The clinical use of nuclear cardiology for the assessment of
myocardial ischemia continues to grow at an unprecedented rate.
Part of the reason for this growth is the technical advances in
single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT). SPECT has
been shown to provide high contrast images superior to planar
imaging techniques. An important and recent technical advancement
in SPECT has been ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT to generate
simultaneous myocardial perfusion and function information from a
single study. Automated, quantitative techniques have facilitated
the widespread application of this breakthrough. Another recent
advancement has been the use of attenuation correction techniques
to help remove the effects of the physical phenomena that degrades
the visual and quantitative accuracy of SPECT images. Another
reason for the growth of the clinical use of nuclear cardiology is
the large body of published evidence documenting the effectiveness
of SPECT techniques for assessing myocardial ischemia, myocardium
at risk, viable myocardium and stunned or hibernating myocardium.
These assessments have been shown to be important not only in
diagnosis but also in prognosis. This book is divided into three
major sections, each addressing the important topics of nuclear
cardiology. The first section is a that have led to the clinical
success description of the technical aspects of state-of-the-art
myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging. This section deals with the
radionuclides, instrumentation, image acquisition and analysis,
interpretation and quantification techniques used in the most
progressive nuclear cardiology clinics.
The clinical use of nuclear cardiology for the assessment of
myocardial ischemia continues to grow at an unprecedented rate.
Part of the reason for this growth is the technical advances in
single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT). SPECT has
been shown to provide high contrast images superior to planar
imaging techniques. An important and recent technical advancement
in SPECT has been ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT to generate
simultaneous myocardial perfusion and function information from a
single study. Automated, quantitative techniques have facilitated
the widespread application of this breakthrough. Another recent
advancement has been the use of attenuation correction techniques
to help remove the effects of the physical phenomena that degrades
the visual and quantitative accuracy of SPECT images. Another
reason for the growth of the clinical use of nuclear cardiology is
the large body of published evidence documenting the effectiveness
of SPECT techniques for assessing myocardial ischemia, myocardium
at risk, viable myocardium and stunned or hibernating myocardium.
These assessments have been shown to be important not only in
diagnosis but also in prognosis. This book is divided into three
major sections, each addressing the important topics of nuclear
cardiology. The first section is a that have led to the clinical
success description of the technical aspects of state-of-the-art
myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging. This section deals with the
radionuclides, instrumentation, image acquisition and analysis,
interpretation and quantification techniques used in the most
progressive nuclear cardiology clinics.
The most salient feature of the infor last four chapters of the
book evaluate the mation provided by nuclear medicine is its
information from an analytical and pathophysiological and
functional charac statistical point of view. This approach is ter.
For adequate experimental or clinical required for correct
decision-making. interpretation, such information should This book
is therefore the result of necessarily be interpreted alongside the
accumulated experience in nuclear cardiology views of the clinical
cardiologist, who is with the invaluable cooperation of medical
able to apply it to the individual patient. statisticians. It is
directed to physicians This approach, which is routine in every
with an interest in nuclear cardiology, to day clinical practice,
reaches its plenitude nuclear medicine specialists wishing to when
the whole process is completed and learn the uses and limitations
of these an intimate cooperation is established procedures in
everyday clinical cardiology, between the nuclear medicine
specialist and to cardiologists who feel the need to and the
clinical cardiologist. In such understand the rationale and
methodology instances, each one of these professionals of the
studies which benefit their patients. understands the needs, limits
and possi We understand that the ultimate reason bilities of the
other. for any scientific book is the transmission The present book
is the fruit of such of knowledge, and we are fully conscious
cooperation. In our hospital, an efficient of the enthusiasm of the
authors of the nuclear cardiology team has been made up present
text to achieve that aim.
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