Hybrid Imaging in Cardiovascular Medicine

List of contents

PRINCIPLES, INSTRUMENTATION, TECHNIQUES, APPLICATIONS AND CASE ILLUSTRATIONS OF HYBRID IMAGING. Principles and Instrumentation of SPECT/CT. Cardiovascular PET/CT. Development of a Second Generation Whole Body Small Animal SPECT/MR Imaging System. Integrated PET and MRI of the Heart. CT-MRI. Hybrid X-Ray Luminescence and Optical Imaging. X-ray Fluoroscopy – Echocardiography. Combined Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging. Hybrid Intravascular Imaging in the Study of Atherosclerosis. MULTIMODALITY PROBES FOR HYBRID IMAGING. Preclinical Evaluation of Multimodality Probes. Multimodality Probes for Cardiovascular Imaging. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES AND CASE ILLUSTRATIONS OF HYBRID IMAGING. Recent Developments and Applications of Hybrid Imaging Techniques. Multimodality Image Fusion. Quantitative Cardiac SPECT/CT. Evaluations of Cardiovascular Diseases with Hybrid PET-CT Imaging. Quantitative Analyses and Case Studies of Hybrid PET-MRI Imaging. Merging Optical with Other Imaging Approaches. FUTURE CHALLENGES OF HYBRID IMAGING TECHNIQUES. Hybrid Instrumentation versus Image Fusion: Path to Multibrid Visualization. Concerns with Radiation Safety.

About the author

Yi-Hwa Liu, Albert J. Sinusas

Summary

This book provides a complete overview of multimodality imaging technology, with general chapters on each major hybrid modality. Among the modalities covered are PET-CT, SPECT-CT, SPECT-MRI, PET-MRI, PET-optical imaging, SPECT-optical imaging, photoacoustic Imaging and hybrid intravascular imaging.

Product details

• Authors: Yi-Hwa (Yale University School of Medicine Liu, Yi-Hwa Sinusas Liu
• Assisted by: Yi-Hwa Liu (Editor), Liu Yi-Hwa (Editor), Albert J. Sinusas (Editor), Sinusas Albert J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367781743
• ISBN: 978-0-367-78174-3
• No. of pages: 454
• Series: Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, MEDICAL / Internal Medicine, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, biotechnology, Physics, Biomedical engineering, Clinical & internal medicine, Clinical and internal medicine, Biomedical engineering / Medical engineering