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Radiopharmaceuticals, Dosimetry, and Tracer Kinetics |
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1 | (28) |
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Part I: An Introduction to Nuclear Medicine |
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1 | (4) |
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Part II: Production of Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry |
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5 | (5) |
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Part III: Tracer Kinetics |
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10 | (15) |
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25 | (4) |
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Instrumentation and Technical Considerations in Planar and SPECT Imaging |
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29 | (17) |
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29 | (4) |
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Quality Assurance in Cardiac Nuclear Imaging: Detection Efficiency or Sensitivity |
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33 | (5) |
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38 | (1) |
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Applications of Computers in Nuclear Cardiology |
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39 | (1) |
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Thallium 201 Planar Imaging Methodology |
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40 | (1) |
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Technetium 99m Sestamibi Imaging Methodology |
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41 | (2) |
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Technetium 99m Teboroxime Imaging Methodology |
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43 | (1) |
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Principles of Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography: Acquisition and Processing |
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43 | (3) |
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Exercise Testing and Physiology |
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46 | (27) |
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46 | (4) |
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50 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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General Considerations for Exercise Testing |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (9) |
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Results of Exercise Testing |
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62 | (11) |
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Exercise Perfusion Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease: Physiology and Diagnosis |
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73 | (71) |
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Anatomic and Physiologic Basis of Cardiac Imaging |
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74 | (2) |
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Methods for Assessing Coronary Blood Flow in Humans |
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76 | (2) |
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Technical Aspects of Exercise Perfusion Scintigraphy |
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78 | (3) |
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Indications for Exercise Perfusion Imaging |
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81 | (1) |
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Diagnosis of CAD by Exercise Scintigraphy |
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82 | (50) |
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Detection of Silent Myocardial Ischemia by Myocardial Perfusion Imaging |
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132 | (12) |
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144 | (75) |
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Gated Versus First-Pass RNA |
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145 | (2) |
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Ejection Fraction Reliability and Reproductivity |
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147 | (10) |
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Peripheral Circulatory Dynamics |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (10) |
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167 | (21) |
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Effect of Drugs on Ventricular Function |
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188 | (13) |
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Simultaneous Assessment of Myocardial Function and Perfusion |
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201 | (18) |
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Pharmacologic Stress Testing and Other Alternative Techniques in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease |
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219 | (23) |
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Pharmacologic ``Stress'' Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy |
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220 | (14) |
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Pharmacologic Stress in Combination with Radionuclide Angiography |
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234 | (2) |
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Atrial Pacing Stress as an Adjunct to Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging |
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236 | (1) |
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Induction of Coronary Vasoconstriction in Combination with Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy |
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236 | (1) |
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Cold Pressor Stress as an Adjunct to Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy |
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236 | (6) |
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242 | (37) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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Clinical Models in Risk Stratification |
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243 | (1) |
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Risk Assessment in Patients with Silent Ischemia |
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244 | (1) |
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Risk Assessment in Patients with Stable Symptoms: Use of Perfusion Imaging |
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245 | (9) |
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Risk Assessment in Patients with Stable Symptoms: Use of Radionuclide Angiography |
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254 | (3) |
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Risk Assessment After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Coronary Angioplasty |
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257 | (1) |
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Risk Assessment After Acute Myocardial Infarction |
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257 | (11) |
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Risk Assessment in Patients with Unstable Angina |
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268 | (1) |
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Risk Assessment Before Major Noncardiac Surgery |
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269 | (10) |
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Nuclear Imaging After Coronary Revascularization |
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279 | (26) |
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Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Coronary Revascularization |
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279 | (18) |
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Radionuclide Angiography and Coronary Revascularization |
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297 | (4) |
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Use of Radionuclide Imaging in Risk Assessment After Coronary Artery Revascularization |
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301 | (4) |
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305 | (22) |
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305 | (2) |
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Patient Selection for Viability Studies |
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307 | (1) |
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Methods for Detection of Viability |
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308 | (11) |
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Factors Affecting Recovery of LV Function |
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319 | (2) |
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321 | (6) |
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Scintigraphic Techniques in Acute Ischemic Syndromes |
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327 | (30) |
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327 | (13) |
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Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Acute Myocardial Infarction |
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340 | (11) |
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Thallium 201 and Technetium 99m Sestamibi in Unstable Angina |
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351 | (6) |
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Scintigraphic Imaging in Other Types of Heart Disease |
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357 | (49) |
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358 | (15) |
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy |
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373 | (2) |
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Other Types of Cardiomyopathies |
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375 | (2) |
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377 | (1) |
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377 | (5) |
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382 | (4) |
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Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity |
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386 | (1) |
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387 | (1) |
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Effect of Angiographic Contrast Medium |
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387 | (1) |
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Effect of Intra-aortic Balloon Pumping and Support Devices |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (2) |
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Changes in Cardiac Rhythm or Conduction |
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391 | (3) |
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394 | (1) |
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394 | (12) |
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Other Nuclear Imaging Modalities |
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406 | (15) |
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Single-Photon Metabolic Imaging |
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406 | (4) |
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Tracers of Cardiac Innervation and Receptors |
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410 | (3) |
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Clot Detection by Imaging Techniques |
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413 | (1) |
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Indium 111-Labeled Lymphocyte Imaging to Detect Cardiac Rejection |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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The Multiwire Gamma Camera |
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414 | (3) |
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Imaging of Tracer-Labeled Ischemia or Hypoxia |
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417 | (4) |
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Alternative Noninvasive Imaging Techniques: Which Test, When, and Why? |
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421 | (10) |
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Comparison of Noninvasive Techniques |
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421 | (3) |
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424 | (1) |
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Risk Assessment of Patients with CAD |
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424 | (3) |
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Detection of CAD in Patients with Aortic Valve Disease or Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy |
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427 | (1) |
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Assessment of Cardiotoxicity |
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427 | (1) |
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Detection of Left-to-Right Intracardiac Shunts |
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427 | (1) |
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Detection and Quantitation of Valvular Regurgitation |
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427 | (1) |
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Detection and Localization of Bypass Tracts in Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome |
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427 | (1) |
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Assessment of LV Function and Right Ventricular Function |
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427 | (1) |
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |
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427 | (4) |
| Appendix A Laboratory Organization |
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431 | (11) |
| Appendix B Specific Training Requirements for Nuclear Cardiology |
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442 | (1) |
| Index |
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