Cardiac Imaging : The Clinical Guide

Imaging of the heart is extensively used diagnostically by a wide cross-section of physicians including cardiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and radiologists.

This book serves as a comprehensive primer for all imaging techniques and will serve all cardiologists and radiologists.

It covers the entire spectrum of imaging modalities including arteriography, intravascular ultrasound, echocardiography, transesophogeal echocardiography, cardiac MRI, myocardial perfusion imaging by CT and MRI, PET, electron beam computed tomography, nuclear perfusion imaging and radionuclide ventriculography.

There are also chapters on the issues regarding digital storage and archiving.

The book includes a CD-ROM with color images to enhance the text.