Purpose of review This review analyzes recent studies evaluating the diagnostic value of 18
F-FDG-PET/CT for the detection of peripheral emboli and secondary infectious foci in …

In cardiotoxicity, PET/MR affords an accurate evaluation of cardiovascular morphology,
function, and also multi-parametric tissue characterization. A composite of several cardiac …

Abstract Background The standard MR Dixon-based attenuation correction (AC) method in
positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging segments only the …

Primary heart tumors are rare, benign tumors represent the majority of these. If a cardiac
mass is found, the probability that it is a metastasis or a so-called “pseudo-mass” is …

Abstract Background Hybrid PET/MR imaging has significant potential in cardiology due to
its combination of molecular PET imaging and cardiac MR. Multi-tissue-class MR-based …

About 6 months ago, I reviewed a manuscript, and subsequently wrote an editorial, 1
pertaining to a retrospective study undertaken by Mayo Clinic investigators, reporting a …

Nuclear medicine technologists are specialized health professionals who cover a wide
range of tasks from clinical routine (including image acquisition and processing …

Several original articles and editorials have been published in the Journal of Nuclear
Cardiology in 2017. It has become a tradition at the beginning of each year to summarize …

Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) applied with positron-
emitting flow tracers such as 13N-ammonia and 82Rubidium enables the quantification of …

Sarcoidosis is a noncaseating, multisystem granulomatous disease of uncertain etiology that
commonly manifests in the perihilar–mediastinal lymph nodes and in the lungs (1, 2). The …