title: Cardiac imaging using nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography.
abstract: This article concentrates on specific issues that are of current interest in mainstream nuclear cardiology. These include developments in myocardial perfusion technique, the potential diagnostic benefits of ECG-gating and attenuation correction, nuclear imaging in the diagnosis of hibernating myocardium, and the cost-effectiveness of perfusion imaging in patients with suspected angina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, CB3 8RE UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crean
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dutka
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coulden
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals