심장핵의학 검사를 위한 영상장비 및 도구의 최신동향 (State of the Art of Imaging Equipment and Tools for Nuclear Cardiology) |
Author |
이병일, |
Byeong-il Lee Ph.D. |
Affiliation |
화순전남대학교병원 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National Hawsun University Hospital, Jeonnam, Korea |
Abstract |
Nuclear cardiology in Korea is less active, compared to nuclear oncology, but it has been specialized and ramified. Lately, sophisticated nuclear cardiac imaging methods provide more convenience for patients. It is necessary to accurately estimate the recent progress in the imaging devices for nuclear cardiology. Myocardial perfusion imaging is a well established study to evaluate heart function. Myocardial perfusion SPECT and PET have been used for assessment of coronary artery disease with various radiopharmaceuticals. And of late, the development of advanced imaging devices - multi-pinhole technique and high definition imaging technique - and software made the scanning time shorter and expanded the application field. Therefore, it is required to review the nuclear cardiology hardware/software for the clinical practice and research. In this review, the characteristics about recently-developed SPECT/PET and software for nuclear cardiology are described. It is hoped that this information would contribute to improving the activity of nuclear cardiac research in Korea where the research for the fusion imaging combining CT and nuclear imaging is drawing more attention. (Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2009;43(3):165-173) |
Keyword |
Nuclear cardiology, dedicated SPECT, PET, myocardial perfusion imaging, fusion imaging |
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