RSNA 2014 

Abstract Archives of the RSNA, 2014


RC623C

PET Imaging of the Heart

Refresher/Informatics

Presented on December 4, 2014
Presented as part of RC623: Minicourse: Current Topics in Medical Physics—Nuclear Cardiac Imaging for Physicists

Participants

Sameer Tipnis PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1) To understand the basic physics of cardiac PET imaging and the differences with cardiac SPECT. 2) To learn the proper way of acquiring data, including ECG gating, choice of bins, list mode data acquisition. 3) To understand the factors that affect image quality. 4) To learn tips for acquiring good clinical images. 5) To understand the role of dynamic PET imaging for determination of coronary flow reserve (CFR).

ABSTRACT

Cite This Abstract

Tipnis, S, PET Imaging of the Heart.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/11000545.html