title: Cardiac nuclear medicine tomographic systems.
abstract: There are two competitive measuring techniques in emission tomography: SPECT and PET. The superiority of PET is founded not only on using physiological radionuclides and tracers such as carbon 11, oxygen 15, and nitrogen 13, but also on achieving a physical performance far in excess of that of SPECT. Considering the demands of cardiac studies, the performance of both methods is analyzed and compared and the inherent limitations are stated.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Nuklearmesstechnik und Strahlenschutz, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Knoop
mesh_terms: D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods