Hybrid cardiovascular imaging. A clinical consensus statement of the european association of nuclear medicine (EANM) and the european association of cardiovascular imaging (EACVI) of the ESC

Federico Caobelli; Marc R Dweck; Domenico Albano; Olivier Gheysens; Panagiotis Georgoulias; Stephan Nekolla; Olivier Lairez; Lucia Leccisotti; Marc Lubberink; Samia Massalha; Carmela Nappi; Christoph Rischpler; Antti Saraste; Fabien Hyafil

doi:10.1007/s00259-024-06946-w

Hybrid cardiovascular imaging. A clinical consensus statement of the european association of nuclear medicine (EANM) and the european association of cardiovascular imaging (EACVI) of the ESC

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2024 Oct 22. doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06946-w. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 18, 3010, Bern, Switzerland. Federico.caobelli@insel.ch.
² Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc and Institute of Clinical and Experimental Research (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts Der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁷ National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), I2MC, U1297, Toulouse, France.
⁸ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Surgical Sciences/Nuclear Medicine & PET, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
¹⁰ Rambam Health Campus, Haifa, Israel.
¹¹ Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
¹² Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
¹³ Turku PET Centre, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
¹⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine, AP-HP, European Hospital Georges-Pompidou, University of Paris-Cité, 75015, Paris, France.

PMID: 39436435
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-024-06946-w

Abstract

Hybrid imaging consists of a combination of two or more imaging modalities, which equally contribute to image information. To date, hybrid cardiovascular imaging can be performed by either merging images acquired on different scanners, or with truly hybrid PET/CT and PET/MR scanners. The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) aim to review clinical situations that may benefit from the use of hybrid cardiac imaging and provide advice on acquisition protocols providing the most relevant information to reach diagnosis in various clinical situations.

Keywords: Cardiovascular imaging; Hybrid imaging; PET/CT; PET/MR.