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

a.pdf......Page 1
front-matter.pdf......Page 2
Getting Started......Page 18
Laboratory Logistics......Page 43
Radiation Safety......Page 54
Patient Preparation......Page 60
Stress Procedures......Page 68
SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging......Page 91
Planar Myocardial Perfusion Imaging......Page 114
Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography......Page 122
SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography......Page 133
Display and Analysis of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images......Page 140
Acquisition, Processing, Display, and Analysis of PET Images......Page 183
Hybrid Imaging......Page 221
Display and Analysis of Planar Myocardial Perfusion Images......Page 228
Display and Analysis of Planar Equilibrium RadionuclideAngiocardiography......Page 235
Display and Analysis of SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography......Page 241
Artifacts and Technical Problems in Cardiac Imaging......Page 251
Nuclear Cardiology Reports......Page 356
Remote Reading and Networking......Page 367
Quality Assurance......Page 372
Miscellaneous Additional Laboratory Protocols and Policies......Page 387
Emergency Department Imaging......Page 400
Laboratory Accreditation......Page 407
Coding and Billing......Page 412
Appropriateness Criteria for Nuclear Cardiology Procedures......Page 420
back-matter.pdf......Page 431