title: Combined CT-PET criteria for myocardial viability and scar: a preliminary report.
abstract: Identification of hibernating myocardium and its differentiation from scar tissue is an important clinical task for implementing different treatment options. The recognition of combined criteria in spiral-CT and PET for hibernating myocardium and scar will be important as hybrid CT-PET moves into the main stream of routine oncologic and cardiovascular imaging. A review of three cases, initially referred for CT evaluation of cardiac or pulmonary conditions with subsequent F-18 FDG body PET imaging, was presented for illustration as a combined CT-PET cardiac evaluation. The real value of this combined anatomical and functional evaluation will be with the upcoming concurrent CT and PET imaging using dedicated multi-slice CT-PET scanners.
authors.affiliation: Positron Diagnostic Center and Cyclotron, Department of Nuclear Medicine, William Beaumont HOspital, Michigan 48073-6769, USA. owong@beaumont.edu
authors.forename: Ching-yee Oliver
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Visweswara Rao
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Tatini
authors.forename: Kostaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014022:Tissue Survival / Q000502:physiology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18