Open AccessEmerging Techniques for Cardiovascular PET
Author(s) -
Austin Robinson,
Jamieson M. Bourque
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiovascular innovations and applications
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2009-8782
pISSN - 2009-8618
DOI - 10.15212/cvia.2019.0004
Subject(s) - positron emission tomography , pet imaging , cardiac pet , medical physics , medicine , nuclear medicine
The application of positron emission tomography (PET) to cardiac disease has yielded tremendous developments in the evaluation of coronary artery, myocardial, and valvular heart disease over the past several decades. These advances have included development of new radiotracers, incremental technological improvements, and coupling of PET with other non-invasive cardiac imaging modalities. The current era has seen rapid, successive and wide-ranging advances in PET myocardial perfusion and metabolic imaging. This review will address emerging techniques in cardiovascular PET imaging, including the measurement of absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF), use of novel tracers, and other advances in heart failure, infection imaging, and valvular disease.