Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics: How to Set Up and Maintain a Laboratory

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Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Getting Started....Pages 1-19 Laboratory Logistics....Pages 21-29 Radiation Safety....Pages 31-34 Patient Preparation....Pages 35-41 Stress Procedures....Pages 43-59 SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 61-72 Planar Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 73-80 Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 81-90 SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography Acquisition and Processing Protocols....Pages 91-95 Display and Analysis of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images....Pages 97-125 Display and Analysis of Planar Myocardial Perfusion Images....Pages 127-134 Display and Analysis of Planar Equilibrium Angiocardiography....Pages 135-138 Display and Analysis of SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography....Pages 139-141 Artifacts and Technical Problems in Cardiac Imaging....Pages 143-238 Nuclear Cardiology Reports....Pages 239-248 Remote Reading and Networking....Pages 249-253 Quality A ssurance....Pages 255-265 Miscellaneous Additional Laboratory Protocols and Policies....Pages 267-274 Emergency Department Chest-Pain Center Imaging....Pages 275-280 Coding and Billing....Pages 281-287 Laboratory Accreditation....Pages 289-291 Back Matter....Pages 293-298