Positronemissiontomography(PET)isapowerfulnoninvasiveimagingtoolforphenotypingpatientsatriskoforwithknowncoronaryarterydisease(CAD).Oneofthekeyadvantagesoverotherimagingmodalitiesisitsuniqueabilitytoquantifyphysiologicprocesses,includingmyocardialbloodflow(inmillilitersperminutepergramofmyocardium),metabolism,andcardiacreceptors,anditshighsensitivityfordelineatingandquantifyingmoleculartargetsinvivousingtargetedimagingprobes.CardiacPET/CToffersopportunityforacomprehensivenoninvasiveevaluationoftheconsequencesofatherosclerosisinthecoronaryarteriesandthemyocardium.
