Molecular and Multimodality Imaging in Cardiovascular Disease
This book provides the most up-to-date coverage of the combined use of imaging modalities in order to acquire important functional and morphological information on cardiovascular disease and enhance disease detection. The recent developments in PET/MRI, c
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Molecular and Multimodality Imaging in Cardiovascular Disease
Thomas H. Schindler • Richard T. George Joao A.C. Lima Editors
Molecular and Multimodality Imaging in Cardiovascular Disease
Editors Thomas H. Schindler Johns Hopkins University Radiology School of Medicine Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine Baltimore, MD USA
Joao A.C. Lima Radiology and Epidemiology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cardiology Baltimore, MD USA
Richard T. George Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cardiology Baltimore, MD USA
ISBN 978-3-319-19610-7 ISBN 978-3-319-19611-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19611-4
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Preface
Within the last decade of technical advancements, the field in cardiovascular imaging has rapidly expanded to a variety of modalities to image morphology and function with cardiac PET/MRI, CT, PET/CT, and SPECT/CT. These advanced imaging techniques now provide noninvasive coronary angiograms, unique and detailed information into the coronary arterial wall, description of cardiac structure and function, and complementary functional information as regards myocardial blood flow and perfusion, viability, and “vulnerable” arterial plaque burden. These cardiovascular imaging modalities may alter current paradigms for diagnosis and cardiovascular risk stratification while raising new questions and discussions for the researcher and clinician in this field. In view of this rapid evolution of molecular and multimodality imaging, the editors have strived to provide a comprehensive textbook that captures the full scope, potential, and promise of cardiac PET/MRI, CT, PET/C
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