Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics: How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Getting Started....Pages 1-19
Laboratory Logistics....Pages 21-29
Radiation Safety....Pages 31-34
Patient Preparation....Pages 35-41
Stress Procedures....Pages 43-59
SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 61-72
Planar Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 73-80
Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 81-90
SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 91-95
Display and Analysis of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images....Pages 97-125
Display and Analysis of Planar Myocardial Perfusion Images....Pages 127-134
Display and Analysis of Planar Equilibrium Angiocardiography....Pages 135-138
Display and Analysis of SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography....Pages 139-141
Artifacts and Technical Problems in Cardiac Imaging....Pages 143-238
Nuclear Cardiology Reports....Pages 239-248
Remote Reading and Networking....Pages 249-253
Quality A ssurance....Pages 255-265
Miscellaneous Additional Laboratory Protocols and Policies....Pages 267-274
Emergency Department Chest-Pain Center Imaging....Pages 275-280
Coding and Billing....Pages 281-287
Laboratory Accreditation....Pages 289-291
Back Matter....Pages 293-298