New horizons in cardiac imaging

Conference · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5150664

Higgins, C B

The emphasis in cardiac diagnosis in recent years has been on noninvasive imaging techniques that enable anatomic diagnosis and physiologic assessment of the severity of disease. Echocardiography and radionuclide imaging were early noninvasive techniques that are now central to cardiovascular diagnosis. During the past few years, three new imaging modalities have been introduced: magnetic resonance (MR), ultrafast computed tomography (cine CT), and positron emission tomography (PET). These new techniques enable the following to be done noninvasively: depiction of internal cardiac anatomy, characterization of myocardial tissue, quantitation of blood flow, estimation and perhaps quantitation of regional myocardial perfusion, quantitation of regional myocardial contraction, and in vivo sampling of myocardial metabolism. Some of the capabilities of the new imaging modalities will be reviewed, and the likely role for each in the clinical and investigative study of cardiovascular disease will be proposed.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, San Francisco
• OSTI ID: 5150664
• Report Number(s): CONF-851152-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Journal Volume: 156:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANATOMY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BLOOD FLOW
BODY
CARBON 11
CARBON ISOTOPES
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
DISEASES
DRUGS
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEART
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAGNETIC RESONANCE
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MUSCLES
MYOCARDIUM
NITROGEN 13
NITROGEN ISOTOPES
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
RESONANCE
TOMOGRAPHY
USES