Cardiac PET and PET/CT Imaging

The first 3 parts progress in a systematic and orderly manner, starting with the basics of PET instrumentation, the principles of PET, PET tracers and radiopharmaceuticals, CT cardiac anatomy, iodinated contrast agents, radiation safety, patient preparation, stress protocols, PET and PET/CT protocols, myocardial PET interpretation, and PET quantification for assessing preclinical coronary artery disease. There are 18 diverse illustrative cases, including normal study findings, misregistration and attenuation correction artifacts, incidental findings, abnormal high-risk PET/CT scans, myocardial viability, integrated myocardial perfusion with assessment of coronary artery calcium score, left ventricular function assessment, and CT coronary angiography.