Advances in Cardiac Nuclear Imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT

| October 26, 2012 | Health Imaging | Cardiac Imaging

Thursday, Nov. 29, 8:30-10:00 a.m. | S504CD

Speakers share information about new SPECT software and cameras as well as strategies for reducing radiation exposure. They also review the advantages and disadvantages of myocardial perfusion PET compared to SPECT for evaluation of coronary artery disease and examine present and future clinical applications of cardiac PET.

Speaker Information:

E. Gordon DePuey, MD, The Heart Center at St. Luke’s Roosevelt, New York City
Sharmila Dorbala, MBBS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

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