[Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy - short form of the German guideline].
This guideline is a short summary of the guideline for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy published by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Ger-many (AWMF). The purpose of this guideline is to provide practical assistance for indication and examination procedures as well as image analysis and to present the state-of-the-art of myocardial-perfusion-scintigraphy. After a short introduction on the fundamentals of imaging, precise and detailed information is given on the indications, patient preparation, stress testing, radiopharmaceuticals, examination protocols and techniques, radiation exposure, data reconstruction as well as information on visual and quantitative image analysis and interpretation. In addition possible pitfalls, artefacts and key elements of reporting are described.
Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Radiologie, Nuklearmedizin und Molekulare Bildgebung, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen. olindner@hdz-nrw.de
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Hacker
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Schaefer
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Schmidt
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Schwaiger
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vom Dahl
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Zimmermann
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D005858:Germany; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000592:standards*