PET/CT challenge for the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

Markus Schwaiger, Sibylle I Ziegler, Stephan G Nekolla

Journal: European journal of radiology 2010;73(3):494-503

PMID: 20206454

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Abstract

This review will focus on the clinical potential of PET/CT for the characterization of cardiovascular diseases. We describe the technical challenges of combining instrumentation with very different imaging performance and discuss the clinical applications in the field of cardiology.

Address: Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, München, Germany.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.025

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MeSH Terms: Ammonia, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Circulation, Early Diagnosis, Fluorine Radioisotopes, Humans, Image Enhancement, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Nitrogen Radioisotopes, Positron-Emission Tomography, Radiation Dosage, Radiopharmaceuticals, Rubidium Radioisotopes, Software, Tomography, X-Ray Computed