TY - JOUR AU - Sun, Zhonghua PY - 2014 TI - Quantitative cardiovascular imaging JF - Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery; Vol 4, No 5 (October 28, 2014): Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery (Cardiac Imaging) Y2 - 2014 KW - N2 - Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in advanced countries and its prevalence is increasing among developing countries. Various imaging modalities are increasingly used in the diagnostic evaluation of cardiovascular disease, among which cardiac computed tomography (CT)angiography, cardiac MR, and echocardiography represent the most commonly performed imaging examinations in routine clinical practice, while nuclear medicine imaging such as cardiac single photon emission CT (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) is also frequently used to provide functional assessment of cardiovascular disease (1-5). UR - https://qims.amegroups.org/article/view/4885