PET-CT-MR Imaging-Based Cardiovascular Imaging

摘要

The past five decades have witnessed a major revolution in medical imaging, and this has had a profound impact on the management of many maladies, including cardiovascular disorders. Conventional planar x-ray imaging has been replaced by x-ray-based computed tomography (CT) for many medical indications. The introduction of MR imaging has further enhanced the role of structural imaging, particularly in the assessment of diseases and disorders that have affected the central nervous, musculoskeletal, and cardiovascular systems. In parallel with the advances that have been made in the detection of structural abnormalities visualized by CT and MR imaging, the evolution of functional and molecular imaging with PET has reshaped the role of medical imaging in many domains.