title: Review of cardiovascular imaging in the journal of nuclear cardiology in 2015. Part 1 of 2: Plaque imaging, positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance.
abstract: In 2015, many original articles pertaining to cardiovascular imaging with impressive quality were published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. In a set of 2 articles, we provide an overview of these contributions to facilitate for the interested reader a quick review of the advancements that occurred in the field over this year. In this first article, we focus on arterial plaque imaging, cardiac positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Imaging, Clemenceau Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Wael A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: AlJaroudi
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lyons Harrison Research Building 314, 1720 2nd AVE S, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA. fadihage@uab.edu.|Section of Cardiology, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA. fadihage@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Fadi G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Hage
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque; computed tomography (CT); fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); magnetic resonance imaging; myocardial perfusion imaging: PET