Amplitude/phase patterns in dynamic scintigraphic imaging: Developments in Nuclear Medicine, cartea 5

Content.- 1. The temporal Fourier transform as a general approach to functional isotopic imaging.- 2. Amplitude/phase imaging of transient phenomena: superior cavography.- 3. Regional breathing patterns studied by dynamic transmission scintigraphy and the temporal Fourier transform.- 4. Amplitude/phase images as a temporal condensate of the averaged cardiac cycle.- 5. Clinical evaluation of amplitude/phase analysis for the assessment of regional wall motion disturbances.- 6. Non-invasive assessment of the proximal stenoses of the main coronary arteries by means of exercise radionuclide ventriculography.- 7. Functional dissimilarity between anterior and posterior ventricular walls during acute myocardial infarction.- 8. Scintigraphic visualisation of the effect of conduction disturbances on the mechanical events of the cardiac cycle.- 9. Parametric imaging and temporal contrast enhancement for the visualisation of time patterns.- 10. Radionuclide indices of cardiac function related to structural ventricular disorders.- Conclusions.- Color plates.- Index of Subjects.