Cardiac SPECT imaging DePuey, Berman and Garcia, editors

✍ Scribed by Timothy F. Christian

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 196 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1071-3581
• DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(96)90030-6

✦ Synopsis

BOOK REVIEW

C a r d i a c SPECT i m a g i n g DePuey, Berman and Garcia, editors, 1995, Raven Press, 290 pages Many laboratories have switched from conventional planar perfusion imaging to tomographic methods because of the enhanced sensitivity for detection of coronary artery disease and defect localization. Tomographic imaging introduces a new level of technical complexity and a greater prevalence of technical artifacts. The book, edited by DePuey, Berman, and Garcia, is an effort to address these difficulties and place tomographic imaging in clinical perspective. Like most of these types of texts, separate authors (all well-qualified) have written individual chapters; consequently, there is a modest degree of overlap in the text. The book is divided into two parts. The first section covers technical aspects of single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging. These are valuable contributions not easily found elsewhere. The chapter addressing quality control is particularly strong, providing excellent images to enhance the concepts. A problem shared by all multipleauthored books is the variable level of detail presented. One is left wanting a bit more explanation of some of the ideas presented on the physical principles of cardiac SPECT, whereas more than you ever wanted to know on defect quantification is presented in a subsequent chapter.

The second section of the book is devoted to clinical applications of SPECT imaging. This is more standard fare and well written but can be found in