Cardiovascular Imaging

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Cardiovascular Imaging João V. Vitola Dominique Delbeke Introduction Evaluation of suspected or known heart disease remains one of the most important applications of nuclear cardiology. This chapter reviews the main…

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Oncologic Imaging

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Oncologic Imaging Dominique Delbeke William H. Martin Some scintigraphic techniques used for oncologic imaging—such as technetium 99-m (99mTc)-diphosphonate bone imaging for primary and metastatic disease, 99mTc–sulfur colloid liver/spleen imaging for…

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Artifacts

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Artifacts James A. Patton The performance of routine quality assurance procedures on nuclear medicine equipment is necessary to ensure that the equipment is functioning properly prior to its use in…

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Renal Scintigraphy

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Renal Scintigraphy Carlos Cunha Pereira Neto Dominique Delbeke Renal scintigraphy has been used in clinical nephrourology since the early 1960s. It provides functional and anatomic information, both closely related. Structural…

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Neurologic Imaging

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Neurologic Imaging Dominique Delbeke Carlos Cunha Radiopharmaceuticals Any radiopharmaceutical injected as a bolus in a dose –20 mCi of technetium-99m (99mTc) for an adult—that provides a high enough count rate…

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Radionuclide Pulmonary Imaging

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Radionuclide Pulmonary Imaging M. Reza Habibian Chirayu Shah Clinical Indication Ventilation/Perfusion Scintigraphy for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Emboli Despite the increasing use of spiral CT angiography, the ventilation/perfusion lung scan continues…

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Endocrine Imaging

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Endocrine Imaging William H. Martin Martin P. Sandler M. Reza Habibian This chapter includes a series of scintigraphic case presentations with correlative imaging of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands….

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