Quality Evaluation in Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging

Part I. Overview

1. The Importance of Quality
Peter L. Tilkemeier

2. The Quality Cycle
Peter L. Tilkemeier

3. The Quality/Cost/Value Relationship
Peter L. Tilkemeier

4. The Complexity of the Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging Process
Peter L. Tilkemeier

5. Accreditation and International Perspectives
Peter L. Tilkemeier

Part II. CT

6. Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT
Amgad N. Makaryus, Seth Uretsky

7. CT: Patient Selection
Steve W. Leung, Marcus Y. Chen

8. Computed Tomography: Quality Control
James A. Case

9. Reporting and Accreditation of Cardiac CT
Amgad N. Makaryus, Seth Uretsky

Part III. MRI

10. MRI: Clinical Applications
Ibrahim M. Saeed, Ryan Longmore

11. MRI Patient Selection
Ibrahim M. Saeed, Ryan Longmore

12. Cardiac MR Protocol Selection
Joseph Soltys

13. Cardiac MR Quality Control
Joseph Soltys

14. MRI Report
Ibrahim M. Saeed

15. MRI: Laboratory Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
Ibrahim M. Saeed

Part IV. PET

16. Cardiac PET Imaging: Clinical Applications and Patient Selection
Gary V. Heller, James A. Case, Abhijit Ghatak

17. Cardiac PET Quality Control for Imaging, Patient Preparation and Reporting
James A. Case, Gary V. Heller

18. Cardiac PET Quality Improvement
James A. Case, Gary V. Heller

Part V. SPECT

19. SPECT: Clinical Applications
Cesia Gallegos, Robert C. Hendel

20. SPECT: Patient Selection
Robert C. Hendel, Cesia Gallegos

21. SPECT: Quality Control
Patty Reames, Cesia Gallegos, Robert C. Hendel

22. SPECT: Reporting
Robert C. Hendel, Cesia Gallegos

23. SPECT: Quality Improvement Program
Cesia Gallegos, Patty Reames, Robert C. Hendel

24. SPECT: Accreditation and Certification
Cesia Gallegos, Robert C. Hendel

Part VI. ECHO

25. Elements of the Echocardiographic Exam
Linda D. Gillam, Sofia Shames

26. Patient Selection
Linda D. Gillam, Sofia Shames

27. Quality Control: Personnel
Linda D. Gillam, Sofia Shames

28. Quality Control: Equipment and Laboratory Structure; Image Acquisition, Review and Analysis; Study Reporting
Linda D. Gillam, Sofia Shames

29. Quality Control: Laboratory Accreditation
Linda D. Gillam, Sofia Shames

30. Exploring the Dimensions of Quality and Future Directions
Linda D. Gillam, Sofia Shames

Part VII. Laboratory Perspectives

31. Developing a Quality Improvement Program
Peter Tilkemeier

32. Preparation for Accreditation or Reaccreditation
Peter Tilkemeier

33. Reporting Quality and Determining Benchmarks
Peter Tilkemeier

34. Additional Quality Activities and the Future
Peter Tilkemeier

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Imaging / Radiology, Health Administration