Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art and Future Directions

This completely revised 3rd Edition delivers up-to-date coverage of the most recent developments in technology, instrumentation, and radiopharmaceuticals-and now it's in full color! Internationally recognized experts in the field discuss the full range of nuclear cardiology applications, helping readers gain a better perspective on the current and future use of radionuclides in imaging diagnosis of the heart.Features the contributions of top international experts. Comprehensively covers radiopharmaceuticals, instrumentation, tracer kinetics, perfusion imaging, metabolic imaging, and more!Provides new discussions of disease and gender-specific issues. Includes a new Mini Atlas of Case Presentations, with highly illustrated coverage of all modalities. Features a new section, New Molecular Approaches, with 5 new Angiogenesis * Annexin * Vascular Imaging/Detection * Gene Product Imaging * and Imaging Inflammatory Approaches Delivers 2 new chapters on Attenuation/Scatter Physics Aspects and Dynamic Cardia SPECT. Employs a bold new full-color format throughout.