Cardiovascular PET: Current Concepts

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• Section I: Technical Developments in Cardiovascular PET 1.    Cardiovascular PET Cameras: detectors: BSO vs. LSO/LYSO, line source vs. hybrid PET/CT, 3-D versus 2D acquisition, etc 2.    Cyclotrons, Generators, Delivery systems for Cardiac PET imaging 3.    Radiation Exposure with Cardiovascular PET: new data 4.     Section II: New Developments in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Cardiac PET  5.    Clinical Update: Indications, Protocols, Accuracy, Risk stratification 6.    Hybrid Imaging: Value of Calcium Scoring with case examples 7.    Quantitative myocardial blood flow – technical and quality control issues with case examples 8.    Quantitative myocardial blood flow – clinical importance with case examples 9.     Section III: New Developments in Viability Assessment with Cardiac PET 10. Clinical update on role and value Patient preparation for FDG viability: diabetic and non-diabeticInterpretation of PET viability studies with examples          Section IV:  Current Status of Assessment of          Cardiac Sarcoid with FDG Imaging  11. Clinical need: current assessmentPatient preparationSupportive data  How to do: value of MRI?Interpretation of cardiac sarcoid studies with case examplesAssessment of therapies: timing, indicationsReporting cardiac sarcoid studies            Section V: Infection and Vascular Inflammation  Imaging                                                                                      10. Infection imaging: ICD, leads, endocarditis                 Section VI: New Tracers in Cardiovascular PET   11. Flurpiridaz to be the primary topic