title: [Positron emission computed tomography].
abstract: Positron emission computed tomography (PET) provides high quality tomographic images of the heart with accurate attenuation correction. The use of various compounds labeled with ultra-short lived positron-emitting radionuclides, such as 11C, 13N, 15O and 18F, allows physiological and biochemical measurements in vivo. Recently, a few institutions in Japan have introduced this technique into cardiology. Although it requires an enormous cost both for the equipment and for running the system, it is expected to play a major role in nuclear cardiology in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torizuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koga
mesh_terms: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009590:Nitrogen Radioisotopes; D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D009590:Nitrogen Radioisotopes; D010104:Oxygen Radioisotopes