Erschienen in:
01.02.2016 | Debate Article
Debate: Molecular cardiac imaging is ready for the prime time con between wishful thinking and reality
verfasst von:
Ignasi Carrió, MD, FESC, FRCP
Erschienen in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Ausgabe 1/2016
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Excerpt
Molecular imaging is defined as the non-invasive visualization, characterization, and measurement of biological processes at the molecular and cellular levels in humans.
1 According to this definition, all nuclear cardiology examinations, from classic myocardial perfusion thallium scans to advanced PET studies of cardiovascular metabolism and function, can be considered molecular imaging techniques. From this perspective, it is a misconception to apply the definition of molecular cardiac imaging, only to innovative new technologies to come. Needless to say that myocardial perfusion SPECT, a classic cardiac molecular imaging technology, has been in Prime Time for decades. …