Nuclear cardiology
By: Nikant Sabharwal, Chee Yee Loong and Andrew Kelion.
Contributors: Loong, Chee Yee.; Kelion, Andrew.
Series: Oxford specialist handbooks in cardiology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780199206445
Subjects: Heart -- Radionuclide imaging -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Heart -- radionuclide imaging -- Handbooks; Heart Diseases -- radionuclide imaging -- Handbooks; Nuclear Medicine -- instrumentation -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to nuclear cardiology; title: Radiation physics, biology, and protection; title: The gamma camera; title: Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); title: Radionuclide ventriculography; title: Introduction to myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; title: Stress testing for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; title: Radiopharmaceuticals used in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy; title: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: image interpretation; title: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: clinical value; title: Imaging with iodine-123-labelled radiopharmaceuticals; title: Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET).