ABSTRACT
Imaging of cardiac structure and function, myocardial per-
fusion, and coronary artery lumen has become a routine
component in the diagnosis and management of almost all
patients with manifest or suspected heart disease. The
recent technologic advances in cardiac computed tomogra-
phy (CT), cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and positron
emission tomography (PET) have delivered high-resolution
and robust noninvasive imaging of coronary arteries, car-
diac morphology and corresponding functional data regard-
ing perfusion, metabolism, and myocardial viability. Each
modality by itself has seen a remarkable development in the
last decade, with the greatest excitement generated by the
introduction and rapid advance of multislice cardiac com-
puted tomography.
