PET/CT challenge for the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Markus Schwaiger; Sibylle I Ziegler; Stephan G Nekolla

doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.025

PET/CT challenge for the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Eur J Radiol. 2010 Mar;73(3):494-503. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.025. Epub 2010 Mar 5.

Authors

Markus Schwaiger¹, Sibylle I Ziegler, Stephan G Nekolla

Affiliation

¹ Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, München, Germany.

PMID: 20206454
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.025

Abstract

This review will focus on the clinical potential of PET/CT for the characterization of cardiovascular diseases. We describe the technical challenges of combining instrumentation with very different imaging performance and discuss the clinical applications in the field of cardiology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Ammonia
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Circulation
Early Diagnosis
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Nitrogen Radioisotopes
Positron-Emission Tomography / instrumentation
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiation Dosage
Radiopharmaceuticals
Rubidium Radioisotopes
Software
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Nitrogen Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals
Rubidium Radioisotopes
Ammonia