Although radionuclides were used to image the heart before 1970, their uses were restricted
to measuring transit times and blood volumes and to evaluating patients for pericardia) …

Over the past 30 years, nuclear cardiology has gone through several stable periods of
sustained growth with relatively slow changes in its technology and clinical approach …

Almost 50 years have passed since Blumgart and Weiss first used a cloud chamber to follow
a radium salt solution through a patient's heart (1). Extensive advances in the technology of …

Objective: After reading Part III of this series of nuclear cardiology articles, the technologist
should be able to:(a) compare and contrast radiopharmaceuticals used for myocardial …

Nuclear Cardiac Imaging: Terminology and Technical Aspects, now in its second edition,
gives an overview of the basic principles and technical aspects of nuclear cardiac imaging …

In this book, authorities on cardiac imaging techniques provide an up-to-date description of
the field, covering the clinical applicability, efficacy, and future potential of myocardial …

0146-2806/85/10-OOl-076-$9.95 o 1985, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc. is presently
Head of the Division of Cardiology and professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia …

Nuclear Cardiology: Practical Applications is an informative text with the goal of providing
succinct information on the indications for nuclear cardiac procedures and on how the …

Nuclear Cardiology: Practical Applications is an informative text with the goal of providing
succinct information on the indications for nuclear cardiac procedures and on how the …

Cardiovascular Performance In 1971, the technique of gated cardiac blood-pool imaging
was developed. In this approach, the electrocardiogram is introduced into the imaging …