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Review: comparison of PET rubidium‐82 with conventional SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Author(s) -
Ghotbi Adam A.,
Kjær Andreas,
Hasbak Philip
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical physiology and functional imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-097X
pISSN - 1475-0961
DOI - 10.1111/cpf.12083
Subject(s) - medicine , perfusion , positron emission tomography , myocardial perfusion imaging , nuclear medicine , gamma camera , cardiac pet , coronary artery disease , perfusion scanning , ischaemic heart disease , radiology , cardiology
Summary Nuclear cardiology has for many years been focused on gamma camera technology. With ever improving cameras and software applications, this modality has developed into an important assessment tool for ischaemic heart disease. However, the development of new perfusion tracers has been scarce. While cardiac positron emission tomography ( PET ) so far largely has been limited to centres with on‐site cyclotron, recent developments with generator produced perfusion tracers such as r ubidium‐82, as well as an increasing number of PET scanners installed, may enable a larger patient flow that may supersede that of gamma camera myocardial perfusion imaging.