The purpose of this book is to provide the outline for the "nuts and bolts" establishment and operation of a nuclear cardiology laboratory. In so doing, the authors have attempted to deal with the relevant issues that a laboratory director must address in either setting up the laboratory or maintaining its competitive edge and clinical competence over time. The authors primarily attempted to identify issues related to outpatient imaging facilities. However, where appropriate issues related to inpatients in hospital-based laboratories are also discussed.

In this new edition, the authors have kept the basic format established in the first edition. In addition to reviewing, modifying and updating each chapter in the first edition, they have added entirely new chapters on PET imaging, hybrid imaging and the clinical appropriateness of nuclear cardiology procedures.

Inhalt
Getting Started.- Laboratory Logistics.- Radiation Safety.- Patient Preparation.- Stress Procedures.- SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.- Planar Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.- Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography.- SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography.- Display and Analysis of SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Images.- Acquisition, Processing, Display, and Analysis of PET Images.- Hybrid Imaging.- Display and Analysis of Planar Myocardial Perfusion Images.- Display and Analysis of Planar Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography.- Display and Analysis of SPECT Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiocardiography.- Artifacts and Technical Problems in Cardiac Imaging.- Nuclear Cardiology Reports.- Remote Reading and Networking.- Quality Assurance.- Miscellaneous Additional Laboratory Protocols and~Policies.- Emergency Department Imaging.- Laboratory Accreditation.- Coding and Billing.- Appropriateness Criteria for Nuclear Cardiology Procedures.