Cardiac imaging in nuclear medicine

Journal Article · Fri Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1979 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5179904

Holman, B L

With the rapid improvement in instrumentation and radiopharmaceuticals, cardiovascular nuclear medicine has undergone dramatic growth. Radiotracer techniques for the estimation of myocardial blood flow, metabolism and cardiac hemodynamics have been accepted into routine clinical practice. These techniques are also providing sensitive tools to help us elucidate cardiac physiology and pathophysiology. This review explores a number of recent developments in this rapidly changing field.

• Research Organization: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• OSTI ID: 5179904
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 133:3; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
550901 -- Pathology-- Tracer Techniques
551001 -- Physiological Systems-- Tracer Techniques
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BLOOD FLOW
BODY
CAMERAS
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DATA FORMS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRUGS
DYNAMIC FUNCTION STUDIES
EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
GAMMA CAMERAS
HEART
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
IMAGE SCANNERS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICINE
METABOLISM
MORTALITY
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
PATIENTS
PHYSIOLOGY
POSITRON CAMERAS
POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
REVIEWS
SCINTISCANNING
SIDE EFFECTS
TABLES
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TOMOGRAPHY
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES