Review: comparison of PET rubidium-82 with conventional SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
Nuclear cardiology has for many years been focused on gamma camera technology. With ever improving cameras and software applications, this modality has developed into an important assessment tool for ischaemic heart disease. However, the development of new perfusion tracers has been scarce. While cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) so far largely has been limited to centres with on-site cyclotron, recent developments with generator produced perfusion tracers such as rubidium-82, as well as an increasing number of PET scanners installed, may enable a larger patient flow that may supersede that of gamma camera myocardial perfusion imaging.
['Ghotbi|Adam A|AA|', 'Kjaer|Andreas|A|', 'Hasbak|Philip|P|']
D003326:Coronary Circulation D006331:Heart Diseases D006801:Humans D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography D011237:Predictive Value of Tests D012414:Rubidium Radioisotopes D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
myocardial perfusion imaging cardiology cardiac PET cardiac SPECT rubidium